Medyn (Ukraine)
| Medyn | |||
| Медин | |||
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| Oblast : | Ternopil Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Pidvolochysk Raion | ||
| Height : | 291 m | ||
| Area : | 1.584 km² | ||
| Residents : | 512 (2004) | ||
| Population density : | 323 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 47814 | ||
| Area code : | +380 3543 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 36 ' N , 26 ° 9' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 6124680702 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 1 village | ||
| Mayor : | Ihor Bakaljuk | ||
| Address: | вул. Нова 2 47824 с. Воробіївка |
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Medyn (Ukrainian Медин ; Russian Medin , Polish Medyń ) is a village in Pidwolochysk Raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine, about 37 kilometers east of the Oblast capital Ternopil on the Velvet River (Самчик).
The village was part of the Vorobijiwka District Council (Воробіївка) until 2015 , and since then it has belonged to the newly established Skoryky rural municipality . To the west of the village there is a reservoir, the place itself is known for its Church of St. Mary (Церква святої Покрови / Zerkwa swjatoj Pokrowy ) from 1861.
The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1463 and was initially in the Podolia Voivodeship as part of the aristocratic republic of Poland . From 1774 to 1918 it belonged under its Polish name Medyń to the Austrian Galicia and from 1854 to 1867 it was the seat of a district administration , after which it was added to the Zbaraż district.
After the end of the First World War, the place became part of Poland (in the Voivodeship of Tarnopol , Powiat Zbaraż, Gmina Koszlaki), was briefly occupied by the Soviet Union during World War II and then by Germany from 1941 to 1944 , here the place was incorporated into the Galicia district .
After the end of the war the place was added to the Soviet Union , there the village came to the Ukrainian SSR and has been part of today's Ukraine since 1991.
Web links
- Medyń . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 6 : Malczyce – Netreba . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1885, p. 239 (Polish, edu.pl ).