Ternopil: Difference between revisions

The city was founded in 1540 by Polish commander and [[Hetman]] [[Jan Tarnowski|Jan Amor Tarnowski]].<ref name="500ofTern">Snitovsky, O. ''[http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/pyat_stolit_tarnopolya_misto_getmana_yana_i_mulyara_leontiya_2088900 Five centuries of Ternopil. The city of Hetman Jan and mason Leontiy]{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}''. [[Ukrinform]]. 28 August 2015</ref> Its Polish name ''Tarnopol'' means 'Tarnowski's city' and stems from a combination of the [[Tarnowski family|founder's family]] name and the [[Greek language|Greek]] term ''[[polis]]''.<ref name="OSW">{{cite web|last1=Olszański|first1=Tadeusz A.|title=Kresy Zachodnie. Miejsce Galicji Wschodniej i Wołynia w państwie ukraińskim.|date=2013|issue=43|pages=25–26|url=https://www.osw.waw.pl/sites/default/files/prace_osw_43_net.pdf|series=Prace OSW|publisher=[[Centre for Eastern Studies]]|language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Karpluk|first1=Maria|title=Mowa naszych przodków: podstawowe wiadomości z historii języka polskiego do końca XVIII w|date=1993|publisher=TMJP|page=46|language=pl}}</ref> The city served as a military stronghold and castle <ref name=500ofTern/> On 15 April 1540,<ref name=500ofTern/> the [[King of Poland]], [[Sigismund I the Old]],<ref name=500ofTern/> in [[Kraków]] handedgave Tarnowski a permission forto the establishment ofestablish Tarnopol settlement,<ref name=500ofTern/> in the vicinity ofnear Sopilcze (''Sopilche'').<ref name=500ofTern/> protecting the eastern borders of [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Polish Kingdom]] from [[Crimean Tatars|Tatar]] raids. In 1570, the city passed to the [[Ostrogski family|Ostrogski]],<ref name=500ofTern/> and in 1623 the city to the [[Zamoyski family]].<ref name=500ofTern/> During the [[Khmelnytsky Uprising]], many residents of the city joined the ranks of the [[Cossacks#Ukrainian Cossacks|Cossack]] forces.<ref name=hvacukr>[http://ukrssr.com.ua/ternop/viniknennya-mista-ternopil Establishment and development of the Ternopil city (Виникнення і розвиток міста Тернопіль)].</ref> During the [[Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676)|1672–1676 Polish–Ottoman War]], Tarnopol was almost completely destroyed by Turkish forces of Ibrahim Shishman Pasha in 1675, andthen rebuilt by [[Aleksander Koniecpolski (1620–1659)|Aleksander Koniecpolski]].<ref name=hvacukr/>