Olesha, Ternopil Oblast

49°7′42″N 25°15′40″E / 49.12833°N 25.26111°E / 49.12833; 25.26111 Olesha (Ukrainian: Оле́ша) is a village in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. During the 2020 administrative-territorial reform, it was included in the Monastyryska urban hromada.[1]

According to the 2001 Ukraine Census, it had population of 363.[2]

It has the Ukrainian Greek Catholic St. Michael's Church.

History

An 18th century map of Buchach area showing Olesha, its church and cemetery

In Congress Poland in the 1890s, it was part of Powiat Buczacki (Buchach powiat)[3]

During 1962–1966 it belonged to Buchach Raion.

References

  1. ^ "Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Тернопільської області" (see in the downloadable file, link Додаток, що додається
  2. ^ 2001 census results for Ternopil Oblast
  3. ^ Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, Vol. VII, p 475
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