Olesha, Ternopil Oblast

Olesha (Ukrainian: Оле́ша) is a village in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine.

During the 2020 administrative-territorial reform in was included into the Monastyryska urban hromada.

[1] According to the 2001 Ukraine Census, it had population of 363.

[2] It has the Ukrainian Greek Catholic St. Michael's Church [uk].

In Congress Poland in 1890s it was part of Powiat Buczacki [pl] (Buchach powiat)[3] During 1962–1966 it belonged to Buchach Raion.

An 18th century map of Buchach area showing Olesha, its church and cemetery