Pidhaitsi Raion is a district in the western part of Ternopil Oblast

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

Ukraine

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. It is part of the historic area known as Halychyna (Galicia). The administrative center is the city of Pidhaitsi

Pidhaitsi

Pidhaitsi is a small city in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Pidhaitsi Raion , and is located at around . Pidhaitsi is situated ca. 15.5 mi south of Berezhany, 43.5 mi from Ternopil and ca. 62 mi south-east of Lviv. In 1939...

. The Koropets river flows through the district. This raion

Raion

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 was formed as a separate district on December 6, 1991 by a decree of the Ukrainian parliament. Before that it was part of neighbouring Berezhanskyi Raion

Berezhanskyi Raion

Berezhany Raion is a raion in the westernmost corner of Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine, area traditionally known as Halychyna . The administrative center is the city of Berezhany. Some 50 km away from Ternopil and ca 80 km away from Lviv. The river Zolota Lypa, Dniester tributary...

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Population

The population of the district is 22,913 inhabitants. Of these 3,203 are concentrated in Pidhaitsi

Pidhaitsi

Pidhaitsi is a small city in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Pidhaitsi Raion , and is located at around . Pidhaitsi is situated ca. 15.5 mi south of Berezhany, 43.5 mi from Ternopil and ca. 62 mi south-east of Lviv. In 1939...

, the rest in the villages cited below.

Villages

Names are presented in modern Ukrainian

Ukrainian language

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 transliteration. Polish

Polish language

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 spellings (often used in documents prior to 1939 when the area was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire

Austria-Hungary

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 and Poland

Poland

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) are given in parenthesis:

• Bilokrynytsia (Bialokrinica)
• Bokiv (Bokow)
• Bronhalivka (Brongalowka)
• Vaha (Waga)
• Verbiv (Werbow)
• Volytsia (Wolica)
• Halych (Halicz) - should not be mistaken with the city of Halych, in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. As is the case with most other oblasts of Ukraine this region has the same name as its administrative center – which was renamed by the Soviets after the Ukrainian writer, nationalist...
  
  
• Hnylche (Hnylcze)
• Holhocha (Holhocza)
• Holendra
• Zavaliv (Zawalow) - used to be a town and is one of the more interesting larger villages in the district.
• Zahaitsi (Zahajce)
• Zastavche (Zastawcze)
• Zaturyn
• Lysa
• Lytvyniv (Litwinow)
• Myrne - former name: Telache (Telacze)
• Mykhailivka (Michalowka)
• Mozolivka (Mozolowka)
• Myzhyliv (Muzylow)
• Novosilka (Nowosilka)
• Nosiv (Nosow)
• Panovychi (Panowicze)
• Poplavy (Poplawy)
• Rudnyky (Rudniki)
• Serednie (Srednie)
• Siltse (Siolko)
• Soniachne
• Stare Misto
  Staré Místo
  Staré Místo is a village and municipality in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. -References:...
  
   (Stare Miasto)
• Staryi Lytvyniv (Stary Litwinow)
• Stepove
• Uhryniv (Uhrynow)
• Cherven
  Cherven
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   (Czerwien)
• Shumliany (Szumliany)
• Yustynivka (Justynowka)
• Yablunivka
  Yablunivka
  Yablunivka is a village in Brodivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Tarnopol Voivodeship in Poland.- References :*...
  
  (Jablunowka)

External links

Website about Pidhaytsi Photos of Pidhaytsi (70 digital images from 2004) Nature at Pidhaytsi - Photos Pidhaytsi Jewish history American Jewish couple visits Pidhaytsi (2001) Pidhaytsi Jewish history - article in word Pidhaitsi info, history and photos