:Zolotyi Potik

Although Zolotyi Potik would not be formally settled until the 14th century, A.D., evidence of Cucuteni–Trypillia culture exists from tools dated to the 3rd millennium, B.C.{{Cite web |title=Золотий потік {{!}} ЗОЛОТОПОТІЦЬКА ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНА ГРОМАДА |url=https://zolotopoticka-gromada.gov.ua/istorichna-dovidka-19-54-20-04-02-2016/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=zolotopoticka-gromada.gov.ua |language=uk}}

The settlement "Zahaipole" ({{langx|uk|Загайполе}}, {{langx|pl|Zahajpol}})[http://history.org.ua/LiberUA/ehu/3.pdf]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809001018/http://history.org.ua/LiberUA/ehu/3.pdf|date=August 9, 2016}} ZAGAYPOLE [Electronic resource] // Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine: Vol. 3: E-Y / Ed. by V. A. Smolii (chairman) and others. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Institute of History of Ukraine. - K.: Naukova Dumka Publishing House, 2005. - 672 p. was founded in 1388.{{Cite web |title=➤ Золотий Потік Цікаві місця • Пам'ятки • Що подивитись у Золотий Потік? |url=https://ukrainaincognita.com/nasha-spadshchyna/zamky-ta-fortetsi/zolotyi-potik |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Україна Інкогніта |language=uk}} Potok was first mentioned in written sources in the late 16th century, as part of the territory ceded by Sigismund I the Old to Sigismund II Augustus, and later was given to Jakub Potocki^[uk], Court Marshal for Sigismund's wife, as a reward for his services to the territory.Skrzypecki, p. 12 The town was renamed "Potok" (Ukrainian: Potik) in accordance with the family surname under the House of Potocki, when it was under the control of Jakub's sons: Mikołaj, Jan, and Andrzej.{{cite book |last1=Krasny |first1=Piotr |title=Land of the winged horsemen : art in Poland 1572-1764 |date=1999 |publisher=Yale University Press |editor1-last=Ostrowski |editor1-first=Jan K. |page=85 |chapter=Architecture in Poland 1572-1764}} In 1578, it was granted Magdeburg rights and renamed "Potok Złoty" ({{langx|uk|Zolotyi Potik}}, "Golden Brook").{{Cite book |last=Czołowski |first=Aleksander |url=https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/publication/106526/edition/100264/content#:~:text=Przesz%C5%82o%C5%9B%C4%87%20i%20zabytki%20wojew%C3%B3dztwa%20tarnopolskiego%20%3A%20z,160%20ilustracjami%20na%2078%20tablicach%20i%20kart%C4%85%20zabytk%C3%B3w. |title=Przeszłość i zabytki województwa tarnopolskiego : z 160 ilustracjami na 78 tablicach i kartą zabytków. |publisher=Powiatowa Organizacja Narodowa |year=1926 |location=Tarnopol |pages=25 |language=pl |quote=Staraniem i praca wymienionych rodow do konca XVI wieku powstaje szereg miast i miasteczek obdarzonych przez krolow prawem magdeburskiem. Ostrzmuja je:... Potok Zloty (1578) [English: Thanks to the efforts and work of the aforementioned families, a number of cities and towns were established by the end of the 16th century, endowed with Magdeburg rights by the kings. They are listed by:... Potok Zloty (1578)] |author-link=:pl:Aleksander Czołowski}}

When Stefan Potocki established Potok Złoty, he modified his coat of arms by changing the silver cross to gold - in this way, the Piława Potocki line evolved into two branches: silver and golden.{{cite book |last1=De Montalk |first1=Stephanie |title=Unquiet World: The Life of Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk |date=2001 |publisher=Victoria University Press |page=47}} He and his wife, Maria Mohylanka, founded a church and convent of St. Stefan in the town.{{cite book |last1=Stolarski |first1=Piotr |title=Friars on the Frontier: Catholic Renewal and the Dominican Order in Southeastern Poland, 1594–1648 |publisher=Routledge |date=2016 |pages=82–83}} Jakub Potocki and Stefan Potocki are both buried in the parish's cemetery.

In 1676, the invading Turkish-Tartar army led by Beylerbey of Damascus, {{Ill|Melek Ibrahim Sheitan|uk|Мелек Ібрагім-паша}}, destroyed the local castle, which up until then had been the main estate of the residing branch of the Potocki family.{{Cite web |title=Золотий Потік - НЗ «Замки Тернопілля» |url=https://zamky.te.ua/zamki/zamok-u-zolotomu-potoci |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=zamky.te.ua}} Around the same time period, the town was ravaged and much of it was destroyed under the siege led by Bogdan Khmelnytskyi, which resulted in the deaths of Jews, as well as 3 Dominican monks.{{Cite book |last=Tomashivskyi |first=Stepan |url=http://shron.chtyvo.org.ua/Tomashivskyi_Stepan/Zherela_do_istorii_Ukrainy-Rusy_Tom_06_Materiialy_do_istorii_Halychyny_Tom_3_Litopysni_pamiatky_z_r_1648-1657.pdf |title=жерела до ІсторіЇ УкраЇи-Руси |publisher=Археографичба Коміція |year=1913 |pages=188 |language=uk |trans-title=History of Ukraine and Russia - Volume 4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113630/http://shron.chtyvo.org.ua/Tomashivskyi_Stepan/Zherela_do_istorii_Ukrainy-Rusy_Tom_06_Materiialy_do_istorii_Halychyny_Tom_3_Litopysni_pamiatky_z_r_1648-1657.pdf |archive-date=4 Mar 2016 |url-status=dead}}

In the diary of Ulrich von Werdum from 1672, during his travels to Poland, Zlotyi Potik is described as a small town with a Roman-Catholic church built of stone. The castle, built on the southern edge of town, was also described as surrounded by a stone wall and fortified with four towers. The Ukrainians in the suburbs had a church, and Jews had a synagogue in town.

On November 8, 1764, St. Nicholas of Buchach wrote that Ignacy Potocki and his brother, Vicenty, became owners of the town of Potock, or overall, the villages of: villages of Zubrets, Porkhov, {{Ill|Nezvysko|uk|Незвисько}}, Zalishchyky, Sokoliv, Rusyliv, Kosmyryn, Kostilnyky, Gubin, {{Ill|Unizh (village)|lt=Unizh|uk|Уніж}}, Snovydiv, Vozyliv, Stinka, Koropets, Pshenychne, Bushyn, Podvoka, and parts of Zhyvachany village.Skrzypecki, pp. 78-79

The Słownik geograficzny corroborates Ignacy's ownership of the town, although it does so erroneously, as it lists his ownership after his passing.{{Cite book |last=Chlebowski |first=Bronisław |url=http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_VIII/871 |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII |publisher=Józef Mianowski Fund |year=1889 |location=Warsaw |pages=871 |language=pl}} Ignacy's son Aleksander eventually took over the estate, and began to sell parts of it at the end of the 18th century. Ludwik Skwarczyński became one of the main landholders in the region, who became the de facto owner of the town.Skrzypecki, pp. 88-89

An old palace, now named for landowner {{Ill|Włodzimierz Gniewosz|pl}}, was constructed in the 1830s, and was owned by estateman Olszewski, until purchased by Gniewosz in 1875, who lived in the residence until the arrival of the Moscow offensive troops, and the palace was destroyed. It was partially rebuilt and restored, although lacks some features that the original possessed.{{Cite web |title=Золотий Потік - НЗ «Замки Тернопілля» |url=https://zamky.te.ua/zamki/zamok-u-zolotomu-potoci |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=zamky.te.ua}}

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After the first partition of Poland in 1772, the town was controlled by the Holy Roman Empire (until 1804), the Austrian Empire (until 1867), Austria-Hungary (until 1919), Poland (until 1939), and finally the USSR (until 1991).{{Cite book |last=Моспан |first=М. К. |url=https://esu.com.ua/article-16971 |title=Золотий потік |date=2010 |publisher=Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України |isbn=978-966-02-2074-4 |volume=10 |language=uk}} In 1984, Zolotyi Potik was granted the status of an urban-type settlement.

Until 18 July 2020, Zolotyi Potik belonged to Buchach Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Buchach Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=uk}} On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Zolotyi Potik became a rural settlement.{{cite news |title=Что изменится в Украине с 1 января |url=https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/chto-yzmenytsya-v-ukrayne-s-1-yanvarya |work=glavnoe.in.ua |lang=ru| date=1 January 2024}}

A Jewish community began forming in Zolotyi Potik as early as 1635,{{Cite book |last=Bartov |first=Omer |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18kr4gc |title=Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2007 |pages=124-126 |language=en}} and eventually consisted of 1/3 of the town's population. It was recorded at 335 in 1765. The figure tripled to 1,247 a century later, in 1880. The population began declining after that, falling to 1,036 in 1900, and after WWI, in 1921, the population was at 895{{Cite web |title=Zolotyi Potik {{!}} JEWISH GALICIA & BUKOVINA |url=http://jgaliciabukovina.net/110817/community/potok-zloty |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=jgaliciabukovina.net}}

Nazi German troops occupied the town on July 10, 1941. Its Jewish inhabitants, comprising around one-third of the town's total population, were mostly deported to Buchach by fall of 1942.{{Cite web |title=Potok Złoty KehilaLinks Site |url=https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/suchostaw/sl_potokzloty.htm |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=kehilalinks.jewishgen.org}} Subsequently, on October 17, 1942, most Jews residing in the Buczacz Ghetto were transported to the Bełżec extermination camp or shot,{{cite book |last1=Bartov |first1=Omer |title=Dilemmas of Diversity After the Cold War: Analyses of "cultural Difference" by U.S. and Russia-based Scholars |date=2010 |publisher=Woodrow Wilson Center |editor1-last=Rivkin-Fish |editor1-first=Michele R. |pages=58–59 |chapter=From Buchach to Sheikh Muwannis: Building the Future and Erasing the Past |editor2-last=Trubina |editor2-first=Elena}} although many survived as late as March 1944, when Jews attempted to hide in the woods from temporarily retreating German forces. There were little to no survivors from the town.{{Cite web |title=Buchach - guidebook - Shtetl Routes - NN Theatre |url=https://shtetlroutes.eu/en/buchach-putvnik/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=shtetlroutes.eu |language=en}}

There is a Jewish cemetery in the town to this day, consisting of burials from the pre-war population.{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Peter |title=ZOLOTOY POTOK: Ternopilska Oblast[ Zolotyy Potik, Zolotoy Potіk, Zolotoy Potok, Potok Złoty, Potek-Zolti, Zolotyj Potik, Potok.] {{!}} Ukraine {{!}} International Jewish Cemetery Project |url=http://iajgscemetery.org/eastern-europe/ukraine/zolotoy-potok |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=IAJGS Cemetery Project |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-05 |title=Zolotyi Potik |url=https://vanishedworld.blog/tag/zolotyi-potik/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Vanished World |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Holocaust Memorial Monuments |url=http://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=7516 |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=cja.huji.ac.il}}

• See Also: Zlotyi Potik Castle

Potocki Castle was constructed from sandstone by Stefan at the beginning of the 17th century. It was the main residence of Potocki, and his wife, Maria Mohylaanka. It was built under order of Sigismund, and was built with high, 2-meter thick walls in order to protect merchant business within the city from invaders, and each corner contained a 3-tier embrasure. A second floor was added to the castle later on. The structure is located on the left bank of the {{Ill|Zolota River|uk|Золота (річка)}}, a tributary of the Dnieper. The castle was inhabited until the invasion of Sheitan, when the majority of the castle was destroyed. The building was preserved in some form or another, passing down through owners until a fire in 1935, and then some reconstruction efforts were made 3 years following the incident. There are still remnants of the castle visible in the village today.{{Cite web |title=Золотий Потік |url=https://castles.com.ua/potik.html |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=castles.com.ua}}

• Ruins of the late Renaissance castle built by Stefan Potocki,{{cite web|title=Zolotyi Potik|url=http://ukraine.kingdom.kiev.ua/region/19-1/potok-zloty.php|work=Architectural and Natural Monuments of Ukraine|access-date=4 February 2012|language=uk}}{{cite web|title=Zolotyi Potik|url=http://www.castles.com.ua/potik.html|work=Castles and Churches of Ukraine|access-date=5 February 2012|language=uk}}
• Church of the Holy Trinity (1879){{Cite web |last=Ansonika |title=Золотий потік |url=https://landmarks.in.ua/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Архітектурні та природні пам'ятки України |language=en}}
• Chapel of Our Mother of God of Zarvanytsia
• Belfry
• Mission cross to the 100th anniversary of the Church of Holy Trinity
• Symbolic grave of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (restored in 1991).

File:Золотий Потік - гуральня-1.jpg|Remnants of Potocki Castle

File:Золотий поток замок (1).jpg|Remnants of Potocki Castle

File:Гуральня.jpg|Remnants of Potocki Castle

File:Potok Z. 7.jpg|Old depiction of full castle

File:Гуральня (мур.).jpg|Parts of the village

• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMMeW3A4P2o Aerial Tour of Zloty Potok Castle - Youtube]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHzX_yJTs5w Inside of Zloty Potok Castle - YouTube]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdBLU3lXKns Hayivka Festival - YouTube]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjkei7wqmkY Balalaika Player in Zlotyi Potik - YouTube]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ZNkybLLbY Medical Worker Strike in Zolotyi Potok - YouTube]

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• {{ТЕС|1|658-659|О. Наливайко, В. Уніят|Золотий Потік}}[http://zhnyborody.te.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154&Itemid=267]
• (in Polish) Skrzypecki, Henryk Tomasz (2010). // Potok Złoty na tle historii polskich kresów południowo-wschodnich // Opole: Solpress. pp. 88–89. {{ISBN|978-83-927244-4-5}}

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