Monastyryska
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monastyryska (Ukrainian: Монастириська), pol. Monasterzyska, is a city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. Population is 6,344 (2001).
The city is situated on the river Koropets, 15 km from Buchach, 140 km south east from Lviv, on the road between Berezhany and Ivano-Frankivsk. The river Koropets forms a wide lake.
Monasteryska borders Hryhoriv and Bertnyky on the east, Ozekhiv on the south, Vycholky and Stara Huta on the west, Nova Huta, Shveykiv and Kovalivka on the north.
Prior to the war in 1939, the city had 1741 Roman Catholics (Poles), 408 Greek-Catholics (Ukrainians) and 1,310 Jews. Roman Catholic church existed since 1702.
 |
Administrative divisions of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine |  |
|
Raions: Berezhanskyi | Borshchivskyi | Buchatskyi | Chortkivskyi | Husiatynskyi | Kozivskyi | Kremenetskyi | Lanovetskyi | Monastyryskyi | Pidhaietskyi | Pidvolochyskyi | Shumskyi | Terebovlianskyi | Ternopilskyi | Zalishchytskyi | Zbarazkyi | Zborivskyi |
||
|
Cities: Berezhany | Borshchiv | Buchach | Chortkiv | Khorostkiv | Kopychyntsi | Kremenets | Lanivtsi | Monastyryska | Pidhaitsi | Pochaiv | Shumsk | Skalat | Terebovlia | Ternopil | Zalischyky | Zbarazh | Zboriv |
||
|
Urban-type settlements: Husiatyn | Kozova | Pidvolochysk | Vyshnivets | more... |
||
|
Villages: Budaniv | Okopy | Shutromintsy | more... |
 |
This Ukrainian geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
