Vilshanka, Ternopil Oblast
village in Zboriv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Vilshanka (Ukrainian: Вільшанка) is a village in the Zboriv urban hromada of the Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast in Ukraine.
History
The first written mention of the village was in 1467.
After the liquidation of the Zboriv Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.
Religion
Saint Demetrius church (1994, brick).
References
Sources
(in Ukrainian) Гуцал П., Коропецька У., Вільшанка // Ternopil Oblast. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 2: Г—Л, S. 336. — ISBN 978-966-457-228-3.
"Olszanka 4). Mała, powiat złoczowski, 5 kilometrów od urzędu pocztowego i stacji kolejowej w Krasnem".
“Vilshanka, Ternopil Oblast” enters the record as village in Zboriv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Vilshanka, Ternopil and Oblast can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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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 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4334396. Authority coordinates are 49.625, 25.236. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1467, 2020, 1994 and 2014.
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