Chumali
village in Zbarazh Hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Chumali (Ukrainian: Чумалі) is a village in the Zbarazh urban hromada of the Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast in Ukraine.
History
The first written mention of the village was in 1463.
After the liquidation of the Zbarazh Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.
Religion
Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1910, brick with a miraculous icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary).
References
Sources
(in Ukrainian) Мельничук Б., Чумалі // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2008, V. 3: П—Я, S. 617. — ISBN 978-966-528-279-2.
"Czumale". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 1.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Chumali” is village in Zbarazh Hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Chumali, village and Zbarazh, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “village in Zbarazh Hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4518022. Authority coordinates are 49.707, 25.658. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1463, 2020, 1910 and 2008.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Chumali” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.