Kolyndiany (, ) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Kolyndiany rural hromada.
Geography The village is located on the Nichlava river not far from Chortkiv.
History According to local retellings, forests located on the edge of the modern village once hosted a fortified city called Raihorod (), which was destroyed by Tatars, leaving only remains of walls.
The first written mention of the village was in 1481.Михайловський В. Історія, мова, географія: топоніми середньовічного Поділля. — К.: Темпора, 2021. — S. 236. : іл. — ISBN 978-617-569-469-5.
In the XV century, the Stamenski nobles built a castle, which was rebuilt into a palace in 1840.
From 29 July 2015, it has been the center of the Kolyndiany rural hromada.ВВРУ, 2019, № 1, s. 36.
Religion Saint Nicholas church (OCU, brick, 1889) Saint Nicholas church (UGCC, 2009) Church (RCC, early XX century)
Chapels one on the site of the house where Yosyf Yosafat Bilan lived and worked two chapels in honor of the Independence of Ukraine (1994, brick)
People from Kolyndiany Yosyf Bilan, priest of the UGCC, a Basilian, and a long-term prisoner of communist camps
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