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Blishchanka in the region of Ternopil's'ka is a place in Ukraine - some 242 mi or ( 390 km ) South-West of Kiev , the country's capital city .

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Time in Blishchanka is now 11:39 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Kiev " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Chişinău, Suceava, Oradea, Iaşi, and Cluj-Napoca. Since you are here already, consider visiting Chişinău . Where to go and what to see in Blishchanka ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Zalischyky

Zalischyky is a small city located on the Dniester River in the southern part of the Ternopil Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zalishchytskyi Raion. The current estimated population is around 10,100 (as of 2001).

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Located at 48.65 25.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Cities in Ternopil Oblast, Galicia (Eastern Europe), Shtetls

Seret River

About the eponymous river in Lviv Oblast, see Seret River (Drohobych). The Seret River is the left tributary of the Dniester that flows through the Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine. Its length is 242 km; the basin covers some 3900 km. The towns of Ternopil, Terebovlia and Chortkiv sit along the river's banks. Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Great War took place on the banks of the Seret.

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Located at 48.62 25.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Rivers of Ternopil Oblast, Rivers of Ukraine

Optymistychna Cave

Optymistychna is a gypsum cave located near the Ukrainian village of Korolivka, Borschiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast. As of 2005, it has 230 km of mapped passageways and is the longest cave in Eurasia. Some other sources say it has about 133 miles (214 km) of surveyed passageways, making it the fourth-longest cave in the world, after Mammoth Cave, Jewel Cave and Sistema Ox Bel Ha. It is also the longest gypsum cave in the world.

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Located at 48.74 25.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Caves of Ukraine, Geography of Ternopil Oblast, Gypsum caves

Priest's Grotto

Priest's Grotto is a cave in western Ukraine near the village of Strilkivtsi, located within the Borshchiv Raion (District) of the Ternopil Oblast (Province). Priest's Grotto is part of the extensive gypsum giant cave system, and is one of the longest caves in the world with over 124 kilometres of explored passages. It is about 450 kilometers driving distance southwest of Kiev, and about 5.5 kilometers south of the district seat of Borshchiv.

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Located at 48.77 25.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Caves of Ukraine, Geography of Ternopil Oblast, Grottoes, The Holocaust in Ukraine

Chervonohorod

This defunct town should not be confused with the modern town of Chervonohrad. Chervonohorod or Chervone or "Red Town" (from the color of the earth) is a former town in Zalischyky Raion, Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine, that was part of the municipal district of Nyrkiv (Ни́рків) and the Dzhurin River, with its 16-meter-high waterfall, the highest in the country. It was chartered in 1434 and was the seat of a powiat in the Podole Voivodeship.

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Located at 48.82 25.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Ternopil Oblast, Destroyed cities, Former populated places in Ukraine, Massacres of Poles in Volhynia