Velesniv

Velesniv Велеснів
Museum of Volodymyr Hnatiuk in Velesniv
Velesniv Location in Ternopil Oblast Show map of Ukraine Velesniv Velesniv (Ternopil Oblast) Show map of Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°1′40″N 25°10′46″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Chortkiv Raion
Hromada	Monastyryska Hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	48351

Velesniv (Ukrainian: Велеснів) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Monastyryska urban hromada.^[1]

History

The first written mention is from 1454.^[2]

Religion

• Saint Nicholas church (1864; brick, restored 1992; renovated 1999, artist M. Dovhan, extension 2003)^[2]
• Roman Catholic chapel (1928)^[3]

People

• Volodymyr Hnatiuk (1871–1926), writer, literary scholar, translator, and journalist, and was one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers^[2]

References

1. Монастириська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
2. (in Ukrainian) Б. Мельничук, І. Федечко, О. Черемшинський, Р. Черемшинська, Велеснів // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 30—32. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
3. Велеснів. Колишня каплиця без титулу Archived 2021-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, Костели і каплиці України.