Vyshnivets
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| Country Oblast Raion |
 Ukraine Ternopil OblastZbarazkyi Raion |
| Founded | 1395 |
| Town status | 1960 |
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| Area - City |
6 km² |
| Population - City (1994) - Density |
3,469 555/km² |
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| Postal Code | 47313 |
| Dialing Code | +380 |
| Website: Verkhovna Rada website | |
Vyshnivets (Ukrainian: Вишнівець, translit. Vyshnivets’; Polish: Wiśniowiec) is a small town in the Zbarazkyi Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The town is located on the Horyn River, a right tributary of the Prypiat. The population of the town is 3,469. In 1960, Vyshnivets was changed from the status of a village, to that of an Urban-type settlement.
The town served a family seat of the Ruthenian princely Vyshnevetsky family which received its name from the town.
Architectural landmarks in the town include a 15th century castle; and palace and park, constructed in the 18th century by the Vyshnevetskyi family.
 The Vyshnevetsky family palace. |
 Rear view of the Vyshnevetsky family palace. |
 The Voskresenska Chruch of the town. |
[edit] External links
- Urban-type settlement of Vyshnivets (Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
- Vyshnivets (Ukrainian). Castles.com. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
- Vyshnivets: Truth and myths of the kniaz Vyshnevetsky family (Ukrainian). Den (Day) (September 30, 2005). Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
- Vyshnivets (Ukrainian). Ternopilska Torhovo-Promyslova Palata. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
- Klymenko, Serhiy. Photo excursion around Vyshnovets (Ukrainian). klymenko.data-tec.net. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
- Vlasenko, Petro. Vyshnivets, Ternopilska Oblast (Russian). ua.vlasenko.net. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
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Raions: Berezhanskyi | Borshchivskyi | Buchatskyi | Chortkivskyi | Husiatynskyi | Kozivskyi | Kremenetskyi | Lanovetskyi | Monastyryskyi | Pidhaietskyi | Pidvolochyskyi | Shumskyi | Terebovlianskyi | Ternopilskyi | Zalishchytskyi | Zbarazkyi | Zborivskyi |
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Cities: Berezhany | Borshchiv | Buchach | Chortkiv | Khorostkiv | Kopychyntsi | Kremenets | Lanivtsi | Monastyryska | Pidhaitsi | Pochaiv | Shumsk | Skalat | Terebovlia | Ternopil | Zalischyky | Zbarazh | Zboriv |
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Urban-type settlements: Husiatyn | Kozova | Pidvolochysk | Vyshnivets | more... |
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Villages: Budaniv | Okopy | Shutromintsy | more... |
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