Staryi Skalat
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Staryi Skalat
Старий Скалат | |
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  Staryi Skalat Location in Ternopil Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°27′50″N 25°58′56″E / 49.46389°N 25.98222°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Ternopil Oblast |
| Raion | Ternopil Raion |
| Hromada | Skalat Hromada |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 47845 |
Staryi Skalat (Ukrainian: Старий Скалат) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Ternopil Raion, Skalat urban hromada.[1]
According to legend, the village, which was the predecessor of Skalat, was destroyed by the Tatars in the second half of the 15th century. Around 1545 a new village appeared on the site of the destroyed settlement, which was later called eventually became known as Staryi Skalat, unlike Skalat.[2]
In the middle of the 17th century, during the National Liberation Revolution led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Maksym Kryvonis' Cossack detachments were stationed in Staryi Skalat.[2]
Religion
- Saints Cosmas and Damian church (1634, brick)[2]
- Roman Catholic Church of Blessed Jakub Strepa (1912)[2]
