Medvedivtsi, Ternopil Oblast
Medvedivtsi () is a village in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Trybukhivtsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The Vilkhovets River flows through of the village. In the village lived 1280 inhabitants in 2001, 1297 in 2003. History. The first written mention of Medvedivtsi is in the 17th century, when it belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. From 1772 until 1918 it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg Empire, as the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1918-1919 it was part of the short-lived West  Ukrainian People's Republic. After 1991 it belonged to newly independent Ukraine, having previously been part of the USSR, and before WWII it was a part of Poland. Reading room of Ukrainian society Prosvita operated in the village. Until 18 July 2020, Medvedivtsi belonged to Buchach Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Buchach Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion.