Khorostkiv

Khorostkiv
Хоростків

Church in Khorostkiv

Coat of arms
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Ternopil Oblast
Raion Husiatyn Raion
Population (2001 census)
  Total 7,306
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Khorostkiv (Ukrainian: Хоростків, Polish: Chorostków) is a city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. Population is 7,306 (2001).

In the Second Polish Republic, Khorostkiv, then known as Chorostków, belonged to the County of Kopczynce, Tarnopol Voivodeship. The town is the birthplace of Polish painter Jan Maszkowski (born 1793), and Jesuit theologist, translator and scholar Stanislaw Stys (born 1896).

Coordinates: 49°14′N 25°55′E / 49.233°N 25.917°E / 49.233; 25.917

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