Kasperivtsi

Kasperivtsi village is located on the banks of the Seret River at the confluence of the Tupa River, upstream at a distance of 2.5 km is the village of Lisichniki , downstream at a distance of 1 km is the village of Shchitovtsy , upstream of the Tupa River at a distance of 0 , 5 km is the village of Bedrikovtsy . The T-2018 highway passes through the village.

To the south of the village on the left slope of the Dniester River, within the tract "Krivoye" among the shrubs are the Dniester phenomena - geomorphological formations, geological nature monument of local importance. And on the left bank of the Tupa in Kasperivtsi is a natural monument of geological origin - rare and unique exfoliation with the remains of bryozoans and echinoderm limestones, commonly known as the "Kasperovsky Canyon".

The climate of Kasperovtsi is temperate continental with mild winters and warm long summers, but it differs somewhat from the climate of Western Ukraine, as it is close to the Mediterranean. The average annual air temperature is + 8.7 ° C; the lowest - in January (-2.8 ° С), the highest - in July (+ 20.0 ° С). On average, winter begins on December 10 and ends on February 20, which is 3 weeks later and earlier than in Ternopol, respectively, winter is relatively warm for this latitude, with frequent thaws, however, when air enters the Arctic air temperature drops below -15 ° С, less often -20 ° C. Annually in winter a snow cover of small height is formed, which, as a rule, is unstable.; summer begins on May 10 and ends on September 20, from mid-July until the end of the second decade of August, air temperature does not drop below 18 ° C, with the arrival of anticyclones in sunny weather, the air temperature often crosses the mark +34 - + 36 ° C during the day. The climatic summer , as a rule, lasts 3-3.5 months, in the last years of observations - 4 months (from mid-May to mid-September). On average, 630 mm of precipitation falls annually, the least - from October to March, the most - in June-July. The most arid was 1946. for which 367mm of precipitation fell, the wettest in 1955. - 945mm. Most rainfall per day fell in July 1991. - 111 mm.

• The absolute minimum temperature was recorded on January 11, 1940 - -30.5 ° С
• The absolute maximum temperature was recorded on July 8, 2015 - 39.3 ° C
• The average wind speed is 3.4 m / s
• The average annual humidity is 76%
• The number of days with a thunderstorm per year - 34
• The number of days with fog per year - 57
• The number of clear days - 143, cloudy - 183, gloomy - 39

On the territory of Kasperivtsi, archaeological sites of the Late Paleolithic, Trypillian, Gava-Goligradsky, Lipitsky, Slavic, Old Russian cultures, late feudal period, a treasure of Roman coins were discovered.

The most famous of these antiquities is the so-called Mousterian landmark of Kasperovtsy - one of the most interesting objects of the Middle Paleolithic of Eastern Europe. It is widely known in the scientific literature. The cultural layer was under the thickness of loess deposits, was partially eroded and redeposited back in the Pleistocene period, but despite this the horizon turned out to be quite rich in archaeological materials, in particular, fossil fauna.

The cultural and historical place of Kasperovtsi has not been fully determined to this day, although the monument is extremely important as the first stratified settlement of Mousterian culture in continental Ukraine.

The first written mention is 1469 .

The geographical location on the Milky Way contributed to economic development. 1619 King Sigismund III granted Y. Lutomirsky the privilege of founding in the part of the village of Kasperovtsy “For the Seret” of the city, which was to be called Lutomirsky. Frequent Turkish-Tatar attacks led to its decline.

From 1641 Lutomirsk became the town of Kasperivtsi, and after 1786 it lost its city status.

19 century Kaspersky belonged to counts Dunin-Borkovsky. 1905 - 1914 Mondays were bidding: livestock and pigs were sold.

1914 in Kaspersky held a district festival in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko. Then, on the occasion of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of T. G. Shevchenko, on the initiative of the writer I. A. Makovei, the main streets in the village were named after Taras Shevchenko and Ivan Franko.

Before the war in s. Kasperivtsi was a five-year school, after the war since 1919. - A seven-year school, a secondary school has been opened since 1951, now the I-III grade secondary school. The society "Enlightenment", "Sich", "Meadow", "Union of Ukrainians", "Native School", "Rural Master", "Renaissance", cooperative operated in Kaspersky.

December 25, 1963 near Kasperovtsy on the river Seret, hydroelectric power plants were put into operation. Since then, it has generated more than 600 million kWh. electricity. As a result, a Kaspersky State Geological Reserve was created with an area of ​​656 hectares, of which the Kaspersky Reservoir (263 hectares) is a part. Currently, the Kaspersky Hydroelectric Power Station is the most powerful hydroelectric power station in the Ternopol Region . Now around the Kasperovskaya hydroelectric station - a recreation area with a reservoir - a place of healing and recreation.

On May 7, 1967, a flood flooded a part of the village, the so-called Goridolin, and there were human casualties.

In the village there is an ancient church of St. George (17th century, stone). Later, the St. George Church was renamed St. George, where the Ukrainian hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky visited during the Turkish invasion. Here he signed a ceasefire agreement between the Turks and Ukrainians. 1972 the church of St. Paraskeva (stone) was built. The ruins of the Roman Catholic chapel (1910) (in 2014 a new one was built in its place), the Onufria limestone block (the 18th century) have been preserved. The chapel of Jesus Christ was built in the center of the village of Kasperivtsi (2000, stone), a chapel of the Mother of God is located at the Kasperovskaya school.

In 2006 , the village was gasified. Gasification took place at the initiative of the village head M.V. Zheliznyak: about 400 yards were gasified.

• Church of St. George
• Church of St. Paraskevia
• The ruins of a Roman Catholic chapel ( 1910 ),
• Limestone block with a hollowed-out image of St. Onufry (18th century).

The date of its creation is not exactly established, but there is no doubt that this stone sculpture is more than 300 years old. There is an interesting legend about creating this image in Kaspersky. A man fled from the Turkish camp, which was located in a part of Kaspersky called Gorodok. Having crossed Seret, he hid in the forest. The Tatars searched for him, but did not find him. In memory of the happy escape, a man carved in a stone lying on a steep slope the image of Onufriy the hermit, since he was saved on the day of this saint. He carved out this sculpture for several years. He ate what the locals gave him, or managed to earn money on various part-time jobs. After the end of his work, man disappeared. Nobody knew who he was and where he came from ... Later, near the sculpture of St. Onufria was built a chapel, which has not survived to this day.

• Kasperovsky landscape reserve

• School I-III Art.
• Kindergarten.
• House of Culture.
• The feldsher-midwife station.
• Fisherman's house
• Holiday Village "Dewdrop"
• Rest house "RELAX"
• LLC "Testament"
• Farm
• Supermarket Teko
• 5 trading establishments

Fixed telephony and Internet access services are provided by Ukrtelecom . Broadband Internet access is provided by the Gulf Stream Internet Service Provider. Three mobile communication towers were installed in the village: Kyivstar , Vodafone and Lifecell . The most common operator is Kyivstar - it is used by about 52% of the population, Vodafone ~ 33%, Lifecell ~ 15%.

• Olenchik Ivan Fedorovich (May 22, 1952) - Russian clarinet player and teacher, Laureate of the Republican Competition for Wind Instruments (Kiev 1976), All-Union Competition (Minsk 1979), International Competition (Prague Spring), Professor of the Russian Academy of Music named after the Gnesins, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1985), Honored Worker of the Moscow Musical Society, composer, was born in the village of Kasperivtsi .