Pochaiv

Panoramics over Pochayiv

Pochaiv (Ukrainian: Почаїв, also Pochayev, Russian: Почаев) is a town in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the located in the Kremenets Raion (district), and is located 18 km south-west of Kremenets and 50 km north of the oblast capital, Ternopil.

The current estimated population is around 8,200 (as of 2001).

The city is known for the Pochayiv Lavra, the second largest Eastern Orthodox monastery in Ukraine.

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Administrative divisions of Ternopil Oblast Administrative center: Ternopil Raions Berezhany Borshchiv Buchach Chortkiv Husiatyn Kozova Kremenets Lanivtsi Monastyryska Pidhaitsi Pidvolochysk Shumsk Terebovlia Ternopil Zalishchyky Zbarazh Zboriv Cities Regional Chortkiv Ternopil District Berezhany Borshchiv Buchach Khorostkiv Kopychyntsi Kremenets Lanivtsi Monastyryska Pidhaitsi Pochaiv Shumsk Skalat Terebovlia Zalishchyky Zbarazh Zboriv Urban-type settlements Category:Ternopil Oblast

Coordinates: 50°00′00″N 25°30′30″E / 50.00000°N 25.50833°E / 50.00000; 25.50833