[1] Trostianets lies in the very heart of the historic region of Halychyna (Eastern Galicia).
The current population is decreasing as a result of the remoteness of the village, and many houses are left empty.
The landscape is very picturesque, with a little brook in the village valley, surrounded by pasture hills on both sides.
The village witnessed heavy front-line fighting during the First World War, and there is a desolate Russian military cemetery with Orthodox crosses deep in the forest, as well as numerous Austrian military cemeteries in the neighborhood.
Two million troops were concentrated in the region in times of the First World War with casualties measured in many thousands.