Rosokhach
Росохач
village
Flag of Rosokhach
Flag
Coat of arms of Rosokhach
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Rosokhach is located in Ukraine
Rosokhach
Rosokhach
Rosokhach is located in Ternopil Oblast
Rosokhach
Rosokhach
Coordinates: 48°57′13″N 25°48′50″E / 48.95361°N 25.81389°E / 48.95361; 25.81389
Country Ukraine
Province Ternopil Oblast
Districtsize Chortkiv Raion
Established1785
Area
 • Total3.263 km2 (1.260 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
207 m (679 ft)
Population
 • Total1,947
 • Density596.69/km2 (1,545.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48560
Area code+380 3552
Websiteсело Росохач, райцентр Чортків (Ukrainian)

Rosokhach (Ukrainian: Росо́хач) is a village situated in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Chortkiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

The village has 1947 inhabitants and local government is administered by Rosokhach village council.[2]

Geography

The village is located at an altitude of 207 meters above sea level [3] on the banks of the Seret River, and covers an area of 3,263 km2. That is located at a distance of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the district center of Chortkiv and 91 kilometres (57 mi) from the regional center Ternopil.[4]

History

The first written mention of the village Rosokhach dates back to 1785. Near the village are the remains of a Trypillian culture settlement.[5] Fragments of ceramics and copper fragments were found, which are stored in the Lviv Historical Museum.[6]

Cult constructions and religion

In the village there are two religious communities and there are two churches:

  • St. Nicholas Church OCU (1904)
  • St. Nicholas Church UGCC (1995).

Roman Catholic Church is in the village, which was built in 1936. Today is not valid.

People from Rosokhach

  • Petro Vynnychuk (born 1954), Ukrainian public and political figure, a member of the Rosokhach group
  • Volodymyr Vitiv (1979—2023), Ukrainian soldier, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war
  • Petro Vitiv (born 1956), member of the Rosokhakha national-patriotic underground organization
  • Denys Hromovyi (1987—2014), Ukrainian soldier, senior grenade launcher operator of the 3rd battalion of the 51st separate mechanized brigade (Volodymyr-Volynskyi), died in the ATO
  • Andrii Kravets (1943—1996), member of the Rosokhach group
  • Vasyl Lototskyi, member of the Rosokhakha national-patriotic underground organization
  • Volodymyr Marmus (born 1949), Ukrainian public and political figure, writer, member of the Rosokhach group
  • Mykola Marmus (born 1947), Ukrainian public and political figure, member of the Rosokhach group
  • Stepan Sapeliak (1951—2012), Ukrainian writer, publicist, literary critic, public and political activist, long-term political prisoner of the pro-communist system, winner of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine (1993), member of the NUHRU and PEN International, honorary citizen of Ternopil
  • Volodymyr Senkiv (born 1954) is a Ukrainian public and political figure, a member of the Rosokhach group

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Чертковская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ↑ Росохацька сільська рада (in Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ Село Росохач (Тернопільська обл.): карта вулиць (in Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ DELLA (in Ukrainian)
  5. ↑ Археологічні пам'ятки Української РСР. — К.: Наукова думка, 1966. — С. 313 (in Ukrainian)
  6. ↑ The Lviv Historical Museum
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