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Ternopil Oblast (translit. Ternopil’s’ka oblast’; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil.
History
Before World War I, most the area of the oblast was ruled by Austria-Hungary, and the northern-most section ruled by Russia; after that war Poland assumed the governing of the area, as part of the Tarnopol Voivodeship (prior to World War II).
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Ternopil Oblast (translit. Ternopil’s’ka oblast’; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil.
Geography
The area of the oblast is 13,800 km˛.
History
Before World War I, most the area of the oblast was ruled by Austria-Hungary, and the northern-most section ruled by Russia; after that war Poland assumed the governing of the area, as part of the Tarnopol Voivodeship (prior to World War II). As everywhere throughout Ukraine the foreign population was concentrated in the cities. During Polish times in Ternopil the majority of population was Polish, and in Soviet times -- Russian. The capital population before World War II was 40% Polish, 20% Ukrainian and 40% Jewish of 35,000 counted. The oblast is associated with the national movement, due to the fact that during the Soviet and Polish interventions in 1919 the Chortkiv offensive took place to stop the occupation of the newly established West Ukrainian People's Republic and later the local population was loyal to the revolutionary UPA.
After World War II, upon Soviet annexation to the Ukrainian SSR, most Poles were relocated to Poland. The area of the former Polish Voivoideship was expanded by adding territory in the north, though the western-most parts were transferred to Lviv oblast. In 2005, the population had grown to roughly 225,000, mostly Ukrainian with a large Russian or Russian-speaking minority and an invisibly small Jewish community. The religion is mostly Eastern Rite Catholic (Uniate) with active Orthodox and Protestant minorities. Many churches, large and small, have been built every year since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The city has important institutions of higher education, including two teacher's colleges, an international medical school with instruction in English and one of three economics institutes in Ukraine.
One of the major battles in the Soviet Union was fought to control Ternopil because it is a rail transportation hub. After the war, the destroyed residential section near the river was turned into an artificial lake instead of being rebuilt.
Points of Interest
The following historic-cultural sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine.
- Verteb cavern
- Bohyt
- The ruins of Czerwonogród
- Pochaiv Lavra
- Zavarnytsia spiritual center
- Vyshnevets Palace
- Camp UPA
- Dzhurin Waterfall
- Ternopil Castle
Population
The current estimated population is 1.1 million people (as of 2004).
Economy
Although the city continues to grow rapidly, heavily supported by remittances from workers abroad, many abandoned buildings in rural areas of the oblast and even in the city give mute evidence that the economy is uneven.
Subdivisions
The Ternopil Oblast is administratively subdivided into 17 raions (districts), as well as 1 city (municipality) which is directly subordinate to the oblast government: Ternopil, the administrative center of the oblast.
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