Monastyryska (Ukrainian: Монастириська; Polish: Monasterzyska) is a city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It is administrative center of the Monastyryska Raion. Population is 6,344 (2001).
The city is situated on the river Koropets, 15 km from Buchach, 140 km south east from Lviv, on the road between Berezhany and Ivano-Frankivsk. The river Koropets forms a wide lake.
Monasteryska borders Hryhoriv and Bertnyky on the east, Ozekhiv on the south, Vycholky and Stara Huta on the west, Nova Huta, Shveykiv and Kovalivka on the north.
Prior to the war in 1939, the city had 1741 Roman Catholics (Poles), 408 Greek-Catholics (Ukrainians) and 1,310 Jews. Roman Catholic church existed since 1702.
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.
