Skomorokhy () is a village in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Zolotyi Potik settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
History The first written mention of Skomorokhy was in 1439.Мельничук Б., Феськів І. Скоморохи… — С. 279.
In 1599,Skrzypecki Т. Н. Potok Złoty na tle historii polskich kresów poludniowo-wschodnich. — Opole : Solpress, 2010. — S. 16. — ISBN 978-83-927244-4-5. after the division of the family estates with the brothers,Lipski A. Potocki Stefan h. Pilawa (ok. 1568—1631) // Polski Słownik Biograficzny. — Wrocław — Warszawa — Kraków — Gdańsk — Łódź : Zakład Narodowy Imienia Ossolińskich, Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 1983. — T. XXVIII/1. — Zeszyt 116. — S. 175. 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. 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.Szematyzm Królestwa Galicyi i Lodomeryi z Wielkiem Księstwem Krakowskiem na rok 1870. — Lwów : galicyjska drukarnia rządowa, 1870. — S. 574.
In 1914, a one-class Ukrainian language full-time boys school opened in the village.Szematyzm Królestwa Galicyi i Lodomeryi z Wielkiem Księstwem Krakowskiem na rok 1914. — Lwów, 1914. — S. 700.Szematyzm… na rok 1914… — S. 728. 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.Феськів М. І запалила Стрипа світло у сільських оселях //
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.
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