Horoshowa >Borschiv> Ternopil village history
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Horoshowa Church of St. Paraskeva
Hania Gadzalo 2/16/09
???????? in Ukrainian = Horoshova, today frequently referred to as the TOMATO CAPITAL OF UKRAINE.
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From late 18th century to 1919, wies/village Horoszowa (Polish name) was predominantly a Ruthenian/Ukrainian village w/its own Greek Catholic Church.The filial Roman Catholic church was in Mielnica.Borszczow was the POWIAT (county-administrative district) and Mielnica was the GMINA
(judicial-tax district) >Tarnopolskie (Tarnopol) wojiwodstwoo/region > Historic Galicia/Halyczyna Province,
administered by ethnic Poles for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.From 1919-1938 this region came under Reconstituted Poland's domain.Technically Poland had not existed as a geopolitical entity for the previous 125 yrs.Post WW2 Ternopil region became a part of SSR Ukraine, under Soviet domain until 1991 when Ukraine became independent.
Today selo/village Horoshova > Borschivskij raion/district > Ternopilska oblast/region > Ukraine,latest zip code 48756.Your ancestral village is located in the southern area of the Dniester River.
Horoshova is renowned throughout Ukraine for its "Malanka" theatrical festival.Every yr representatives from all over Ukraine, dressed in mythical costumes,participate in this New Year's fun night.Even in Soviet times, in spite of all bans, village residents organized Malanka festivities every yr on the night of January 14th. Bare in mind that natives here follow the Old Julian Calendar and Christmas comes on January 7th and New Year on January 14th.
There are archeological digs very close to the village.Both the burial grounds and the remnants of the
settlement found, date back to 6th-5th century BC/the Bronze Age - Scythian Period. Artifacts such as ancient home heaters and furnaces have been found here.
The first written documentation re village is 1785, when St. Paraskeva wasfirst built.
In 1930, during the Interwar Period under Poland, all buildings on two streets were burned.
In 1942 and 1964 there was major flooding caused by Dniester River.
There are many commemorative monuments and crosses found throughout the village.Some memorialize fallen Ukrainian Partisans in WW2 and some memorialize locals, who lost their lives in WW1.The Ukrainian spirit is especially strong throughout this region.There is actually a 1990 grave in the cemetery, symbolizing the fighting will of Ukraine.
Famous natives sons include D, Tsipyvnyk, M.D., public figure in Canada and A. Yakivchuk, famous ethnologist and folklorist.