Pochaiv

Pochaiv Почаїв
City
View of Pochaiv and its monastery
Country	Ukraine
Province	Ternopil Oblast
District	Kremenets Raion
Population (2001)
• Total	8,200
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Pochaiv (Ukrainian: Почаїв, also Pochayev, Russian: Почаев) is a town in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the located in the Kremenets Raion (district), and is located 18 km south-west of Kremenets and 70 km north of the oblast capital, Ternopil.

The current estimated population is around 8,200 (as of 2001).

The city is known for the Pochayiv Lavra, the second largest Eastern Orthodox monastery in Ukraine.

Gallery

Panoramic view on Pochayiv
Street near Pochaiv Lavra
Central part of Pochaiv
Seminary building

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Administrative divisions of Ternopil Oblast

Administrative center: Ternopil

Raions

Cities

Regional	Berezhany Chortkiv Kremenets Ternopil

District	Borshchiv Buchach Khorostkiv Kopychyntsi Lanivtsi Monastyryska Pidhaitsi Pochaiv Shumsk Skalat Terebovlia Zalishchyky Zbarazh Zboriv

Urban-type settlements
Category:Ternopil Oblast

Coordinates: 50°00′00″N 25°30′30″E / 50.00000°N 25.50833°E / 50.00000; 25.50833

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