page_title: Ternopil
section_title: After WWII
hierarchical_section_title: Ternopil / History / Jewish Ternopil / After WWII
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Тернополь
context_page_description: Ternopil is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret. Until 1944, it was known mostly as Tarnopol. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. It is served by Ternopil Airport.
  In January 2019, the population of Ternopil was estimated at 221,820.
context_section_description: Following Potsdam Conference in 1945, Poland's borders were redrawn and Tarnopol (then again, Терно́поль) was incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. Polish population was resettled to new Poland before the end of 1946. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, Ternopil has become part of the independent Ukraine.
  In 2013 the mayor of the city Serhiy Nadal issued an order which announced the 2013 year as the year of Jan Tarnowski, the Crown Hetman and Voivode. In 2015 the National Bank of Ukraine released jubilee coins commemorating the founder of Ternopil Jan Tarnowski.
caption: Welcome sign at southern entrance to the city
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