TRUE OR FALSE? The lake in the centre of Ternopil is artificial.
True. Ternopil is one of the few cities in Europe with a massive artificial pond (over 300 hectares) located right in its downtown.
TRUE OR FALSE? Ternopil Castle is a relatively new building.
FALSE. The Ternopil Castle was built in 1540 to protect the area from Tatar invasions and originally helped create the famous pond via a dam-bridge.
TRUE OR FALSE? Honoré de Balzac lived in Ternopil.
TRUE. The renowned French writer Honoré de Balzac stayed in Ternopil during his travels.
TRUE OR FALSE? "Fine city" has always been a nickname for Ternopil.
False. The name of this event comes from the title of a song by the rock band Braty Gadyukiny from the album "It was not to love", which was released in 1994.
TRUE OR FALSE? There is a sculpture in Ternopil downtown gifted by an American multimillionaire.
True. The square near the Ternopil Drama Theater is decorated with a sculptural composition called "Random Meeting" (the work of American sculptor John Johnson)
TRUE OR FALSE? Ternopil is ranked as one of the dirtiest city of Ukraine.
False. For many years, Ternopil has been holding its position and is among the top 10 cleanest cities in Ukraine.
TRUE OR FALSE? Among the survived castles in Ukraine, the smallest number is located in Ternopil region.
False. There are 34 castles in Ternopil region.
TRUE OR FALSE? Ukraine's first erotic newspaper was published in Ternopil.
True. In 1992, the first erotic publication in Ukraine, Pan+Pani, was published.
TRUE OR FALSE? Paris is a sister city of Ternopil.
False. But the list includes Sliven (Bulgaria), Jelenia Góra and Chorzów (Poland), Yonkers (USA), Batumi (Georgia), and Tiraspol (Moldova).
TRUE OR FALSE? About 85% of Ternopil was destroyed in 1944.
True, which is why, unlike Lviv, very little of its old architecture survived.
TRUE OR FALSE? A great Ukrainian actress Maria Zankovetska was born in Ternopil.
False. But World-famous opera singer Solomiya Krushelnytska was born in a village in Ternopil region.
TRUE OR FALSE? A physicist born in the Ternopil region may have discovered X-rays before Röntgen did.
True. Ivan Puluj, born in Hrymailiv and educated at Ternopil's classical gymnasium, built X-ray-producing tubes and captured some of the earliest X-ray images.
TRUE OR FALSE? Ternopil sat right on the front line of one of WWI's bloodiest campaigns.
True. It was the 1916 Brusilov Offensive which ran roughly Pinsk–Lutsk–Dubno–Brody–Ternopil–Chernivtsi.
TRUE OR FALSE? Underneath Ternopil's main cathedral (the former Dominican church) lies a network of underground passages.
True. It reportedly leads toward different parts of the city.
TRUE OR FALSE? The oldest settlement of Slavic people was found in Ternopil.
False. The Zbruch Idol, one of the most famous surviving pieces of Slavic pagan art, was pulled out of a river in Ternopil Oblast in 1848.
