Bones of the members of the Potocki family, kept in the church cellar, were thrown out, and later buried at the local cemetery. In 1965, the neighboring village of Nahirianka was annexed to Buchach. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Buchach became a part of independent Ukraine, and new, Ukrainian government returned the church to its rightful owners. There is no longer a Polish or Jewish community in Buchach. Until 18 July 2020, Buchach was the administrative center of Buchach Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Buchach Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion. Coat of arms The coat of arms of Buchach originated from the Piława coat of arms, which was used by the Potocki family. Education Saint Josaphat Institute Religion The city has religious communities of different churches: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, Adventist Church and others. Churches St. Nicholas (Mykolai) church (n. 1610, Kievan Metropolis, UGCC, Russian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, now — Orthodox Church of Ukraine) Church of the Intercession (St. Pokrova church) (n. 1763, UGCC) Church of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, or Church of the Elevation of the Cross (1771, UGCC) St. Mykhaylo church (Nahirianka, 1910, built by Greek Catholics, from ab. 1990 Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, now — Orthodox Church of Ukraine) St. Volodymyr church (Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, now — Orthodox Church of Ukraine) Procathedral church of Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary (2007—2014, UGCC) Church of Assumption of Mary (1761—1763, Roman Catholic church) People from Buchach Born in Buchach Ukrainians Mykola Bevz, scientist, member of ICOMOS Bohdana Durda (born 1940), artist, writer, poet, songwriter Yaroslav Padokh, scientist, President of Shevchenko Scientific Society in USA and President of Shevchenko Scientific Society's the World Council in 1982–1992 Ihor Pylatiuk, scientist, musician, the rector and professor of the violin department of Lviv National Musical Academy named after Mykola Lysenko Bohdan Botsiurkiv, Ukrainian-Canadian scientist Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska, a member of the "People's Front" political party and is part of the Ukrainian Parliament (8th convocation of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada). Poles Leopold Pamula, Polish Air Force pilot, who fought in the Invasion of Poland Jan Franciszek Adamski, Polish film actor and writer Władysław Zych, Polish scientist, geologist and