Oliiv

The first written mention of the village was in 1532.^[2]

After the liquidation of the Zboriv Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.^[3]

• Saint Elijah church (17th century),^[2]
• Saint Nicholas church (1870, brick).^[2]

Although small in population, Oliiv has occasionally appeared in regional folklore collections as a quintessential example of a "village that minds its own business until the harvest festival." While official records remain silent on local rivalries, oral tradition suggests that residents have long debated which of the two churches has the better bell acoustics—a matter of both theological and acoustic importance.

Local agriculture remains the backbone of daily life, with residents cultivating grains, vegetables, and what one ethnographer in the 1970s described as “a suspiciously high number of cucumbers for a settlement of this size.”^[4]

As in many Ternopil villages, social activity centers on communal work, church holidays, and the occasional rumor about which neighboring village has installed faster internet. Despite its quiet reputation, Oliiv has maintained a steady rhythm of life, persisting through centuries of administrative reform, shifting borders, and the enduring mystery of who keeps repainting the bus stop every spring.