Budaniv
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Budaniv is a village in Ternopil Oblast
, Western Ukraine, near Chortkiv
, Buchach Raion
. Population: 1,634 (2005).
The settlement was founded in 1549 on the banks of the Seret River
. The village was named after a Polish nobleman, Jakub Budzanowski, Halitz voevode. Mountainous terrain of the region always attracted new settlers and about 1550 a wooden castle was built up on the peak of one of the hills. The castle was rebuilt in the beginning of 17th century. The castle was ruined by the Turks in 1675. In 1765 Maria Potocka, a Polish countess, founded a Catholic church on the castle's ruins.
Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast is an oblast' of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret River, a tributary of the Dnister.-Geography:...
, Western Ukraine, near Chortkiv
Chortkiv
Chortkiv is a city in the Ternopil oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion . Population: 29,057...
, Buchach Raion
Buchach Raion
Buchach Raion is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Buchach. It has a population of 65 078.-See also:* Subdivisions of Ukraine* Ternopil Oblast...
. Population: 1,634 (2005).
The settlement was founded in 1549 on the banks of the Seret River
Seret River
The Seret is a minor river in Ukraine, a tributary of the Tysmenytsia River. The Seret flows through the center of Drohobych, a city located in Lviv Oblast in the west of Ukraine....
. The village was named after a Polish nobleman, Jakub Budzanowski, Halitz voevode. Mountainous terrain of the region always attracted new settlers and about 1550 a wooden castle was built up on the peak of one of the hills. The castle was rebuilt in the beginning of 17th century. The castle was ruined by the Turks in 1675. In 1765 Maria Potocka, a Polish countess, founded a Catholic church on the castle's ruins.