Kremenets’, Kremyanets is a regional centre of Ternopil oblast.
It was first mentioned in 1064 when the castle was passed to the Polish King Boleslav II the Brave.
Next time Kremenets was mentioned as a big town of Halyzko-Volyn’ kigndom in Ipatiy manuscript of 1226, when the Rus’ army defeated the united forces of Hungarian and Polish armies under the command of the King Andrew.
In 1241 Khan Baty came here with his army, but failed to get into the castle. Such was the case several more times until 1261 when the Kingdom of Halych and Volyn was invaded by the army of Khan Burundai. The castle was destroyed.
It gradually and slowly raised to its feet through the centuries.
In 1642 Kremenets’ receive the king’s privelege and became equal with other Polish towns – Cracow, Lemberg (Lviv), Warsaw.
Since 1795 after Kremyanets became a town in Russian empire, it was renamed into Kremenets’ and became a regional centre. So it remains nowadays.
People usually visit Kremenet’s along with Pochaiv, Vyshnivets and Zbarazh. Kremenets is just 68 km to the North of Ternopil.
Modern Kremenets’:
Mount Bona, view of from the central road leading to the centre of the town.
April, 2006.
ruins of the castle, april 2006.
ruins of the castle, april 2006.
ruins of the castle, april 2006.
ruins of the castle, November 2006.
I remember this well. I went twice!
yeah, especially the first time?
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heavy rain, way up the mountain?
and then when we ran after the camera cover?
yeah, that was fun!