Velykyi Khodachkiv | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 49°29′14″N 25°25′28″E / 49.48722°N 25.42444°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Ternopil Oblast |
Raion | Ternopil Raion |
Velykyi Khodachkiv (Ukrainian: Великий Ходачків, Polish: Chodaczków Wielki) is a selo in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It lies on the banks of the Rudka river, on the rail line from Ternopil to Rohatyn. Velykyi Khodachkiv belongs to Pidhorodnie rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population is 1394 people (2003 census).
The first mentions of the village date back to 1758. On 16 April 1944 the village was almost totally razed. Of the 710 houses in the village only 30 were left standing. From 1944-46, 210 ethnic Ukrainian families from prewar Poland were resettled there.