Olesha (Ukrainian: Олеша; German: Olescha; Polish: Olesza) is a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.

[2] Tools have also been found in the village dating back to the late Bronze Age.

[3] Its name may possibly be derived from the name Oleh, a theory that is matched by local legend.

[4] Residents of Olesha participated in the Khmelnytsky Uprising and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

[2] Prior to the Soviet invasion of Poland, Olesha was under the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.