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102nd Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)
The 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade () is a military formation of the Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine), Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It is part of Operational Command West. The full name of the Brigade is the 102nd Independent Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces named after Dmytro Vitovsky. History Formation In 2018 in Ivano-Frankivsk region Brigade was formed. On 30 January 2019 Brigade began to increase its ranks and units full Brigade level. Between 27 May and 2 June 2019 150 reservist trained together in Kalush. Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine From 14 June 2022, elements of the brigade's 77th Battalion participated in the defense of the village of near Sloviansk. On 16 June, they were joined by the brigade's 79th Battalion, and also took part in combat near the village of . On the same day, other units of the 102nd Brigade were engaged in combat in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast at the villages of Malynivka, Polo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Reserve Force
A military reserve force is a military organization whose members (reservists) have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve forces are generally considered part of a permanent standing body of armed forces, and allow a nation to reduce its peacetime military expenditures and maintain a force prepared for war. During peacetime, reservists typically serve part-time alongside a civilian job, although most reserve forces have a significant permanent full-time component as well. Reservists may be deployed for weeks or months-long missions during peacetime to support specific operations. During wartime, reservists may be kept in service for months or years at a time, although typically not for as long as active duty soldiers. In countries with a volunteer military, reserve forces maintain military skills by training periodically (typically one weeken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyman, Ukraine
Lyman (, ; ), formerly known as Krasnyi Lyman (; ; ) from 1925 to 2016, is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Until 2016 it also served as the administrative center of Lyman Raion, though administratively it was not part of the raion and incorporated as a city of oblast significance. It still serves as the administrative center of Lyman urban hromada and is part of Kramatorsk Raion. The population was down from 28,172 in 2001. The city had its origins in a military settlement built to guard the southern frontier of the Tsardom of Russia. It grew to become a city following the construction of a railway station, and became a key railway hub in the region. It was renamed to Krasnyi Lyman by the Soviet government that followed Tsarist Russia, and continued to grow throughout the 20th century. During the Russo-Ukrainian War, the city has seen several battles. The first was the battle of Krasnyi Lyman in 2014, between Ukrainian government forces and Russian proxies loyal to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hvizdets
Hvizdets (; ; ) is a rural settlement in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located east-northeast of Kolomyia, southeast of Ivano-Frankivsk and west-southwest of Kyiv. Hvizdets hosts the administration of Hvizdets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History The town was the site of the Battle of Gwoździec in 1531, during the Polish-Moldavian wars. Prior to World War II the town was located in Poland. It is the birthplace of Polish film director Jerzy Kawalerowicz, artist Yaroslav Pstrak and politician Andriy Shevchenko. Until 26 January 2024, Hvizdets was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Hvizdets became a rural settlement. Alternate names Hvizdets was formerly known as ''Gvozdets'' (Russian), ''Gwoździec'' (Polish), ''Gvozdetz'' or ''Gvodzitz'' or ''גוואזדזיעץ'' (Yiddish), Hvizdec', Gvozhdziyets, and Gvozdzets. Former Jewish population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadvirna
Nadvirna (, ; ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Nadvirna Raion. Nadvirna hosts the administration of Nadvirna urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: From the mid-14th century until 1772 (see Partitions of Poland) Nadvirna, known in Polish as Nadwórna, was part of the Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569), Kingdom of Poland. In 1772, it was annexed by the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg Empire, and remained in the province of Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Galicia until late 1918. In the inter-war years, the borders changed and the town became part of the Second Polish Republic. Following the 1939 Invasion of Poland, it was annexed into the Ukrainian SSR (see also Molotov–Ribbentrop pact). Nadvirna was occupied by the Germans in 1941 during World War II. After the war it was once again absorbed into the Ukrainian SSR. Since its independence in 1991, the city has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lysets
Lysets (; ) is a rural settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, located from the administrative center of the oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk. It hosts the administration of Lysets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History Łysiec, as it was known in Polish, formed part of the Kingdom of Poland until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Austria. Łysiec was home to one of the communities of Armenians in Poland. Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by the Soviets until 1941, then by Germany until 1944, and then re-occupied by the Soviets in 1944, and eventually annexed from Poland in 1945. Until 18 July 2020, Lysets belonged to Tysmenytsia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Tysmeny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yabluniv
Yabluniv (; ; ; ) is a rural settlement in Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the river Luchka, from Kolomyia. Yabluniv hosts the administration of Yabluniv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History The town had an historically important Jewish population but they were murdered during the Holocaust in Ukraine. Until 26 January 2024, Yabluniv was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Yabluniv became a rural settlement. Notable people * Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski (1634–1702) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, outstanding military commander. * Maksymilian Nowicki (1826–1890) was a Polish zoology professor and pioneer conservationist in Galicia and father of the poet Franciszek Nowicki. * Nestor Kysilevskyi (1909–2000), Ukrainian sculptor * Mykola Matiyiv-Melnyk (1890–1947) was a Ukrainian writer and journalist. * Anne Werzb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huliaipole
Huliaipole ( ; ) is a small city in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It is known as the birthplace of Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary Nestor Makhno. In January 2022, it had an estimated population of Huliaipole was attacked by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and sustained heavy damage, placing it on one of the lines of contact separating Ukrainian and Russian forces. History Prior to the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire, the area was mostly settled by the Zaporozhian Cossacks and the nomadic Lesser Nogai Horde. The settlement arose during the 1770s, after the construction of the on the former lands of the Zaporozhian Sich, as part of the Russian Empire's policy to populate and develop the conquered Zaporozhian lands. When Catherine the Great dissolved the Sich, the local Cossacks either fled into exile or were brought into serfdom, with the residents of what is now Huliaipole falling under the yoke of the Shab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
