Staryi Skalat
Старий Скалат | |
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.jpg.webp) Les Kurbas Memorial Museum-Estate | |
  Staryi Skalat Location in Ternopil Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°27′50″N 25°58′56″E / 49.46389°N 25.98222°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ternopil Oblast |
| Raion | Ternopil Raion |
| Hromada | Skalat Hromada |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 47845 |
Staryi Skalat (Ukrainian: Старий Скалат) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Ternopil Raion, Skalat urban hromada.[1]
History
According to legend, the village, which was the predecessor of Skalat, was destroyed by the Tatars in the second half of the 15th century. Around 1545 a new village appeared on the site of the destroyed settlement, which was later called eventually became known as Staryi Skalat, unlike Skalat.[2]
In the middle of the 17th century, during the National Liberation Revolution led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Maksym Kryvonis' Cossack detachments were stationed in Staryi Skalat.[2]
Religion
- Saints Cosmas and Damian church (1634, brick)[2]
- Roman Catholic Church of Blessed Jakub Strepa (1912)[2]
People
Lived
- Les Kurbas (1887–1937), Ukrainian movie and theater director[2]
References
Sources
- (in Ukrainian) П. Гуцал, М. Ханас., Шляхтинці // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2008, V. 3: П—Я, S. 645. — ISBN 978-966-528-279-2.
- (in Ukrainian) , Шляхтинці // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, 608 s. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
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