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Krasne, Busk Raion, Lviv Oblast
Krasne () is a rural settlement in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. The settlement is located east of the city of Lviv, on the left bank of the Poltva, a right tributary of the Bug. It hosts the administration of Krasne settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History Until 18 July 2020, Krasne belonged to Busk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Busk Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Krasne was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Krasne became a rural settlement. Economy Transportation The settlement has access to Highway M06 connecting Lviv with Kyiv via Rivne and Zhytomyr, and to Highway M09 connecting Lviv with Ternopil. Krasne railway station is where the railway line from Lviv branches into two, running to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Ukraine
In Ukraine, the term "populated place" () refers to a structured component of the human settlement system, representing a stationary community within a territorially cohesive and compact area characterized by a significant concentration of population. Its defining attribute is the continuous presence of human inhabitants. Populated places in Ukraine are classified into two primary categories: urban and rural. Urban populated places are cities, whereas rural areas include villages and ''selyshches''. All populated places are governed by their hromada (municipality), be it a village, city or any other type of settlement. A municipality may consist of one or several populated places and is (except Kyiv and Sevastopol) a constituent part of a List of raions of Ukraine, raion (district) which in turn is constituents of an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast (province). Besides regular populated places in Ukraine, that are part of administrative division and population census, there are sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Ukraine on 12 June 2020. A municipality is designated ''urban hromada'' if its administration is located in a city; ''settlement hromada'' if it is located in a settlement (''selyshche''), and ''rural hromada'' if it is located in a village (Village#Ukraine, ''selo'') or a ''selyshche''. Hromadas are grouped to form Raions of Ukraine, raions (districts); groups of raions form Oblasts of Ukraine, oblasts (regions). Optionally, a municipality may be divided into Starosta okruh, starosta okruhs (similar to Civil parish, civil parishes in Great Britain or Frazione, frazioni in Italy), which are the lowest level of local government in Ukraine. Similar terms exist in Poland (''gromada'') and in Belarus (''hramada''). The literal translation of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasyl Kuk
Vasyl Stepanovych Kuk (; 11 January 1913 – 9 September 2007) was a Ukrainian nationalist activist and militant who was the last leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, following the death of Roman Shukhevych. In 1954, he was captured by Soviet KGB troops and spent six years in prison without a court sentence. Biography Vasyl Stepanovych Kuk was born in the village of Krasne in Austria-Hungary (now in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) on 11 January 1913 to a family of railway workers. He was baptised in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church five days after his birth. Kuk was a gymnasium student in the city of Zolochiv, and he later studied law at the Catholic University of Lublin. There, Kuk became active in several Ukrainian youth organisations, such as Plast, and Prosvita. Kuk joined the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists, a militant Ukrainian nationalist group, in 1929. In 1937 he went underground to escape the Polish police. In 1941, he became one of the OUN's leaders. During Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasne Railway Station
Krasne is a railway station in Krasne, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. The station was first opened in 1869 as part of the Karl Ludwig Railway. A branch from Krasne was later extended into the Russian Empire in 1871. The station was attacked by German forces in 1941 during World War II. It was also reportedly attacked during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. History The railway station at Krasne was opened in as part of the LvivKrasneBrody line of the Karl Ludwig Railway. A branch from Krasne to Ternopil was completed in 1870. This branch was extended further east in 1871 to Pidvolochysk and then to Volochysk in the Russian Empire. In 1892, ownership of the Karl Ludwig Railway was transferred to the Austrian government. In 1941, during World War II, the station came under attack by German forces. The railway section from Lviv through Krasne to Zdolbuniv was electrified at some point during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1994, the section between Krasne and Zol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ternopil
Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. The population of Ternopil was estimated at The city is the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast (region), as well as of surrounding Ternopil Raion (district) within the oblast. It hosts the administration of Ternopil urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. History The city was founded in 1540 by Polish commander and Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski. Its Polish name, ''Tarnopol'', means 'Tarnowski's city' and stems from a combination of the founder's family name and the Greek term ''polis''. The city served as a military stronghold and castle protecting the eastern borders of Polish Kingdom from Tatar raids. On 15 April 1540, the King of Poland, Sigismund I the Old, in Kraków gave Tarnowski permission to establish Tarnopol, near Sopilc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway M09 (Ukraine)
Highway M09 is a Ukraine, Ukrainian international highway (State Highways (Ukraine), M-highway) which is part of the Warsaw - Lviv route. It starts as a split-off from the Highway M30 (Ukraine), M30 near Ternopil, runs through Lviv, then turns north and heads towards the border with Poland. The highway terminates at the border checkpoint Rava-Ruska. Across the Polish border it continues as National roads in Poland, National Road 17 (National road 17 (Poland), DK17). The section between Rava-Ruska and Lviv is part of European route E372. History This route belonged until 1918 to the Austrian crown land of Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Galicia and its section between Lviv and Rava was called the ''Żółkiewer Reichsstraße (Austria), Reichsstraße''.Kundmachung der k.k. Finanz-Landes-Direktion in Lemberg vom 21. September 1892 Zl. 69.797, betreffend die Vermauthung der Aerarialstraßen in Galizien. LGBl. Nr. 73/1892, p. 181. Route See also * Roads in Ukraine * Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr ( ; see #Names, below for other names) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, administrative center of Zhytomyr Oblast (Oblast, province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr urban hromada (hromada, commune) and Zhytomyr Raion (Raion, district). Moreover Zhytomyr consists of two Urban districts of Ukraine, urban districts: Bohunskyi District and Koroliovskyi District (named in honour of Sergey Korolyov). Zhytomyr occupies an area of . Its population is Zhytomyr is a major transport hub. The city lies on a historic route linking the city of Kyiv with the west through Brest, Belarus, Brest. Today it links Warsaw with Kyiv, Minsk with Izmail, and several major cities of Ukraine. Zhytomyr was also the location of Ozerne (air base), Ozerne airbase, a key Cold War strategic aircraft base southeast of the city. Important economic activities of Zhytomyr include lumber milling, food processing, granite quarr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivne
Rivne ( ; , ) is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast.On bringing the name of Rovno city and Rovno Oblast in accordance to rules of Ukrainian spelling . . 11 June 1991 It has a population of In the spring of 1919, it also served as a provisional seat of the Ukrainian government throughout the ongoing war with Soviet Russia. Between |
Highway M06 (Ukraine)
Highway M06 ( Ukrainian: Автошлях М06) is a Ukrainian international highway ( M-highway) connecting Kyiv to the Hungarian border near Chop, where it continues as Hungarian main road 4 to Záhony and Budapest. General overview The M06 is a major transnational corridor and along with the M03 combines into European route E40. The highway is also part of the Pan-European Transportation corridors III and V as well as the "Europe-Asia" Transportation corridor. It is the second longest route spanning over (see Roads in Ukraine). The M06 connects four major European routes: E40, E50, E85, and E95. History The route from Lemberg via Stryj to the then Austro-Hungarian border belonged until 1918 to the Austrian crown land of Galicia and was called the ''Stryjer Reichsstraße''. Description From Kyiv to Lviv the M06 is part of European route E40, European route E471 from Lviv to Mukachevo, European route E50 from Stryi ( Lviv Region) to Uzhhorod, and European ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban-type Settlement
Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the Soviet Union and later also for a short time in People's Republic of Bulgaria, socialist Bulgaria and Polish People's Republic, socialist Poland. It remains in use today in nine of the post-Soviet states. The designation was used in all 15 member republics of the Soviet Union from 1922. It was introduced later in Poland (1954) and Bulgaria (1964). All the urban-type settlements in Poland were transformed into other types of settlement (town or village) in 1972. In Bulgaria and five of the post-Soviet republics (Armenia, Moldova, and the three Baltic states), they were changed in the early 1990s, while Ukraine followed suit in 2023. Today, this term is still used in the other nine post-Soviet republics – Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia (co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busk Raion
Busk Raion () was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. It was established in 1966. Its administrative center was the town of Busk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Busk Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was Subdivisions At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas: * Busk urban hromada with the administration in Busk; * Krasne settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Krasne. Settlements The villages (''selo'') of the Busk Raion included: * Bachka * Baluchyn * Bazhany * Chanyzh * Chishki * Haivske * Horbachi * Hrabova * Humnyska * Huta *Kuty * Lisok * Lisove, Chanyzka village council * Lisove, Toporivska village council * Ostriv * Perevolochna * Pidstavky * Poltva * Rusyliv * Stovpyn * Toporiv * Turia * Zabr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bug (river)
The Bug or Western Bug is a major river in Central Europe that flows through Belarus (border), Poland, and Ukraine, with a total length of .Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017 Statistics Poland, p. 85-86 A of the , the Bug forms part of the |
