Zboriv
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Zboriv (Ukrainian: Зборів, Polish: Zborów, Russian: Зборов) is a small town in Ternopil Oblast, west Ukraine in the historical region of Galicia. Population is 7,400 (2001).
The town, located 35 km northwest of Ternopil, and 85 km southeast of Lviv lies on Strypa River (Ukrainian: Cтpипа). It was mentioned for the first time in a document from 1166. In 1241, during the Mongol invasion of Europe, it was ransacked and destroyed. In 1639 Zborow was granted city rights, its present name comes from a noble Polish family of Zborowscy. Ten years later, Zborow was besieged by the Tartar-Cossack armies during the Khmelnytsky Uprising.
In 1913, Zborow had some 6000 inhabitants, including 1300 Poles, 2400 Ukrainians and 2300 Jews. During World War One, area around the town was the place of heavy battles between the Czechoslovak legionnaires and the Austrian Army (June 1917). After the war, it became part of Poland and seat of a powiat of the Tarnopol Voivodeship.
The town was completely destroyed in the summer of 1944 due to Soviet offensive. Under Soviet rule (1944-1991), it was rebuilt and redeveloped. A hospital and a school were founded there. Construction plants and a small food processing company were built in the 60-ies. Significant part of local budget was relied on agriculture and governmental subsidies. The state farm in Zboriv was one of the best in the region. In the 80-ies the town became the object of serious governmental investments and new facilities were established: a cinema, an agricultural market, a secondary school, a waterbike lake station, a football stadium, a city hall and a culture hall. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, local economy (based on collective farming and subsidies) almost collapsed. In late 90-ies and until recent time most people left for abroad as a low skilled labour force. Nowadays, in spite of the facts, young people are not likely to quit and prefer to commute daily to the closest regional centres like Ternopol and Lviv which offer greater job opportunities.
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