Rosokhach, Ternopil Oblast

For another village in Ukraine named Rosokhach, see Rosokhach, Lviv Oblast

Village in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Rosokhach

Росохач

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Coordinates: 48°57′13″N 25°48′50″E﻿ / ﻿48.95361°N 25.81389°E﻿ / 48.95361; 25.81389
Country|  Ukraine
Province|  Ternopil Oblast
District|  Chortkiv Raion
Established| 1785
Area

• Total

| 3.263 km2 (1.260 sq mi)
Elevation

/(average value of)

| 207 m (679 ft)
Population

• Total

| 1,947
• Density| 596.69/km2 (1,545.4/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code|

48560

Area code| +380 3552
Website| село 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

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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

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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

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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

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* 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
* Vasyl Hovika (1904—1993), Ukrainian lirnyk
* 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

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* Rosokhach Group

## References

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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

## External links

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* Чортківська районна рада | історична довідка | Росохач (in Ukrainian)
* Castles and Churches of Ukraine, Rosokhach (in Ukrainian)
* weather.in.ua, Rosokhach (Ternopil region)

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