Olesha, Ternopil Oblast

49°7′42″N 25°15′40″E﻿ / ﻿49.12833°N 25.26111°E﻿ / 49.12833; 25.26111 Olesha (Ukrainian: Оле́ша) is a village in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. During the 2020 administrative-territorial reform, it was included in the Monastyryska urban hromada.[1]

According to the 2001 Ukraine Census, it had population of 363.[2]

It has the Ukrainian Greek Catholic St. Michael's Church [uk].

## History

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An 18th century map of Buchach area showing Olesha, its church and cemetery

In Congress Poland in the 1890s, it was part of Powiat Buczacki [pl] (Buchach powiat)[3]

During 1962–1966 it belonged to Buchach Raion.

## References

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1. ^ "Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Тернопільської області" (see in the downloadable file, link Додаток, що додається
2. ^ 2001 census results for Ternopil Oblast
3. ^ Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, Vol. VII, p 475