It lies on the banks of the Rudka river, on the rail line from Ternopil to Rohatyn.

The village was the location of the Chodaczków Wielki massacre during World War II.

[2] According to Polish historian, Grzegorz Hryciuk, on 16 April 1944 the village was destroyed by the Ukrainian 4th SS Police Regiment then subordinated to SS-Galizien.

[3] Poles who escaped the massacre buried the dead in a communal grave, in front of the local Roman Catholic church.

After the World War II, Polish survivors were forced to leave the village, deported by the Soviet authorities to new communist Poland.