Toky

Toky () is a village in the valley of the Zbruch River in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. It belongs to Skoryky rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. ==History== There are ruins that date back to the time of Kievan Rus' but the first written record of the village is not until 30 March 1430. The castle was built in the late 16th century by Janusz Zbaraski (1553-1608), voivode of Bracław and according to legend Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, "Hammer of the Cossacks" spent his childhood there.

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Settlement.name: Toky
Settlement.native_name: Токи
Settlement.native_name_lang: uk
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: %D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D1%81%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BA%D1%83_%D0%B2_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85_02.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Toky Castle
Settlement.image_shield: Toky s gerb.png
Settlement.mapframe: no
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ternopil Raion
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Skoryky rural hromada
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1772
Settlement.area_total_km2: 5.509
Settlement.population_total: 1172

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Area: 5509
Image: Токи Замок 1.jpg
Dialing code: 3543

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postal code: 47823
Commons category: Toky
inception: 1772-00-00

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The river made a natural border between the Habsburg Empire and Poland, the village began the 20th century under Habsburg control but then became part of Poland. There was a Polish Catholic Church but it was demolished in Soviet times. The sizeable Jewish population was lost in the Holocaust.