Skomorokhy, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast

The first written mention of Skomorokhy was in 1439.^[3]

In 1599,^[4] after the division of the family estates with the brothers,^[5] the village became the property of the nobleman Stefan Pototcki. Potocki, together with his wife Maria, became the founders of the construction of the Church of St. Nicholas in Buchach.^[6] In the 19th century the owner of the estate in the village was Antoni Symforiusz Antoniewicz Bołoz, an active member of the Buchach-Chortkiv-Zalischytskyi branch of the Galician Economic Society (Galicyjskie Towarzystwo Gospodarskie) in Lviv.^[7][8]

In 1914, a one-class Ukrainian language full-time boys school opened in the village.^[9][10] In 1940, the construction of a hydroelectric power station on the Strypa river near the village began, which was completed after the Second World War. Electricity was supplied, in particular, to the then district center Zolotyi Potik.^[11]

Until 18 July 2020, Skomorokhy belonged to Buchach Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Buchach Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion.^[12][13]