Monastyryska (Ukrainian: Монастириська, IPA: [monɐstɪˈrɪsʲkɐ] ⓘ; Polish: Monasterzyska, Yiddish: מאָנעסטרישטש, romanized: Monastrishtch) is a small city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
Prior to the war in 1939, the town had 1741 Roman Catholics (Poles), 408 Greek-Catholics (Ukrainians), and 1,310 Jews.
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland 1454–1569 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1772 Habsburg monarchy 1772–1804 Austrian Empire 1804–1918 Second Polish Republic ca.
[4] From 1454 to 1465, Monastyryska was owned by Teodorik Buchatsky-Yazlovetsky, later by Mykhailo "Muzhyla" Buchatsky, and from 1468, it was possessed by Jan of Yazlovets.
Monastyryska received a town charter in 1454, and in February 1653, a battle between Polish and Cossack troops took place here, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising.
The Polish army under Stefan Czarniecki failed to capture the town, defended by Ivan Bohun.