Vesnivka (Ukrainian: Веснівка) is a village in Kupchyntsi rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
Geography
The village is located approximately 33 km from the oblast capital (Ternopil) and about 7 km from the administrative center of the rural hromada, on the banks of the Studenka River. Its coordinates are 49°26′43″N 25°17′31″E. The postal code is 47661.
History
The settlement was founded in the second half of the 19th century as a hamlet (prysilok) of the village of Denysiv. According to local sources, the name derives from the surname of the first settler, Mykyta Vesna, who purchased land and built a house in the area in the 1890s. The hamlet was consecrated and received its name around 1925.
During the 1920s–1930s, the village hosted two reading rooms of the Prosvita society, two amateur drama groups, a choir, and a tavern. Before World War II, the village had more than 100 households, inhabited predominantly by prosperous farmers who were later deported to Siberia.
From 21 to 25 August 1943, the Third Great Extraordinary Assembly of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) was held in Vesnivka on the properties of Hryhorii and Mykola Mykytiv. At this assembly, Roman Shukhevych was elected head of the OUN leadership. The village contained many underground hideouts (kryivky).
During the Soviet period, a collective farm (kolkhoz) named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky was established in Vesnivka, along with a kindergarten and a primary school. After the consolidation of the collective farm, only a gardening brigade remained.
Following the administrative reform of 19 July 2020, which liquidated Kozova Raion, the village became part of Ternopil Raion.
Demographics
According to the 2001 census, the population of Vesnivka was entirely Ukrainian-speaking. As of 2014, the village had 51 households and a population of 61 people. The territory covers approximately 0.06 km².
Religion
- Church of the Ascension (Церква Вознесіння Христового).
Archaeology
Near Vesnivka, burial sites from the Early Bronze Age (late 3rd – early 2nd millennium BCE) have been discovered, as well as flint tools and pottery fragments from the Kyivan Rus period.
Notable People
- Bohdan Mazepa (1928–1978) – poet in Canada.
- Yevhen Pivsetok (b. 1936) – educator, physician, writer.
- Tetiana Fedoriv (1922–1989) – writer, artist, and community activist in Canada.
- Petro Rybak (1956–2011) – musician, educator, Honored Worker of Culture.
- Yaroslava Falatovych – conductor.
