Bilyi Potik (, ) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada.
History The first written mention is from 1564.
In 1925 a skeleton burial of 2nd millennium BC and remains of two Trypillian settlements were discovered in the vicinity of the village by Józef Kostrzewski, giving the name to the so-called "Bilyi Potik culture".
Since 4 September 2015, they have belonged to the Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada.ВВРУ, 2015, № 43, стор. 2202
Religion Church of the Intercession (1805, stone, OCU) Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa (1933, built of red stone, RCC)
People from Bilyi Potik Ivan Ziubrak (?—1923), Ukrainian public figure (Canada). Vasyl-Yakiv Kapustynskyi (1998—2023), Ukrainian soldier, actor, public figure, participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Mykhailo Kotsulym (1886—1962), one of the first Ukrainian settlers in Canada, an educator.
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