Smotrych

Smotrych is a toponym used for several geographic features in Ukraine. The most prominent is the Smotrych River, a left-bank tributary of the Dniester. The river flows through western Ukraine and has carved the Smotrych Canyon, a limestone gorge near the town of Kamianets-Podilskyi that is noted as a local landmark and tourist site.

The name Smotrych is also associated with rural localities in Ukraine, particularly in Khmelnytskyi Oblast. A village named Smotrych exists in that region, and the name is linked to several other small settlements within the same oblast.

Historically, the Smotrych area lies within the Podolia region, a crossroads of Ukrainian, Polish and Jewish communities. The landscape and settlements reflect a long history of cultural and political change, including periods under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet era, leading to present-day Ukraine. Today the region is primarily agricultural, with tourism tied to the Smotrych Canyon and to nearby historic towns such as Kamianets-Podilskyi.