Staryi Skalat

Rural locality in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Place in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Staryi Skalat Старий Скалат
Les Kurbas Memorial Museum-Estate
49°27′50″N 25°58′56″E / 49.46389°N 25.98222°E / 49.46389; 25.98222
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Ternopil Raion
Hromada	Skalat Hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	47845

Staryi Skalat (Ukrainian: Старий Скалат) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Ternopil Raion, Skalat urban hromada.^[1]

History

According to legend, the village, which was the predecessor of Skalat, was destroyed by the Tatars in the second half of the 15th century. Around 1545 a new village appeared on the site of the destroyed settlement, which was later called eventually became known as Staryi Skalat, unlike Skalat.^[2]

In the middle of the 17th century, during the National Liberation Revolution led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Maksym Kryvonis' Cossack detachments were stationed in Staryi Skalat.^[2]

Religion

Saints Cosmas and Damian church (1634, brick)^[2]
Roman Catholic Church of Blessed Jakub Strepa (1912)^[2]

People

Lived

Les Kurbas (1887–1937), Ukrainian movie and theater director^[2]

References

^ Скалатська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e (in Ukrainian) В. Уніят, Старий Скалат // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 145—146. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.

Sources

(in Ukrainian) П. Гуцал, М. Ханас., Шляхтинці // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2008, V. 3: П—Я, S. 645. — ISBN 978-966-528-279-2.
(in Ukrainian) , Шляхтинці // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, 608 s. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.

Skalat urban hromada

Administrative center: Skalat

Villages