Borschiv

Borschtschiw (Ukrainian Борщів; Russian Борщёв / Borschtschjow, Polish Borszczow ) is a small Ukrainian town of approximately 11,000 residents east of the river Nitschlawa, a tributary of the Dniester.

Borschtschiw is the center of Rajons same name and is located on the southern edge of the Ternopil Oblast, north lie Chortkiv and - about 110 kilometers - the Oblasthauptstadt Ternopil.

History

An exact founding date of Borschtschiw is unknown; The first written mention dates from 1456, and in 1629 received the place the city right after the Magdeburg law. After the first partition of Poland in 1772, the city fell as the eastern part of Galicia to Austria after 1867 and Austria - Hungary. The construction of the local railway Teresin - Iwanie breath through the eastern Galician Lokalbahnen of Chortkiv coming after Ivane - puff in 1898 caused an economic boom for Borschtschiw.

1919 conquered Poland Józef Piłsudski under the framework of the Polish- Soviet war, parts of Ukraine and thus Borschtschiw; until 1939 when the provincial part of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic fell, the city was Polish. Since 1991 Borschtschiw part of independent Ukraine.