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Novyi Yarychiv
Novyi Yarychiv () is a rural settlement in Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located approximately from the center of the city of Lviv. It hosts the administration of Novyi Yarychiv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History Until 18 July 2020, Novyi Yarychiv belonged to Kamianka-Buzka 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 Kamianka-Buzka Raion was split between Chervonohrad and Lviv Raions, with Novyi Yarychiv being transferred to Lviv Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Novyi Yarychiv was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Novyi Yarychiv became a rural settlement. Economy Transportation The closest railway station is located in Zapytiv, west of Novyi Yarychiv. It is on the railway which connects Lviv with Kovel via Chervonohrad and Volodymyr and ... [...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] |
Kamianka-Buzka Raion
Kamianka-Buzka Raion () was a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was Kamianka-Buzka. 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 Kamianka-Buzka Raion was split between Lviv and Chervonohrad raions. The last estimate of the raion population was It was established in 1940. At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four hromadas: * Dobrotvir settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Dobrotvir, transferred to Chervonohrad Raion; * Kamianka-Buzka urban hromada with the administration in Kamianka-Buzka, transferred to Lviv Raion; * Novyi Yarychiv settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Novyi Yarychiv, transferred to Lviv Raion; * Zhovtantsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Zhovtantsi, transferred to Lviv Raion. See also * Admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Lutsk
Lutsk (, ; see #Names and etymology, below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a population of A city with almost a thousand years of history, recorded in 1085, Lutsk historically served as an administrative, cultural and religious center in Volhynia. The city contains several landmarks in various styles, including Renaissance architecture, Renaissance, Baroque architecture, Baroque and Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical, the most known being the medieval Lubart's Castle. Names and etymology Lutsk is an ancient Slavic peoples, Slavic town, mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle as Luchesk in the records of 1085. The etymology of the name is unclear. There are three hypotheses: the name may have been derived from the Old Slavic word ''luka'' (an arc or bend in a river), or the name may have originated from ''Luka'' (the chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr (city)
Volodymyr (, ), previously known as Volodymyr-Volynskyi () from 1944 to 2021, is a small city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Volodymyr Raion and the center of Volodymyr urban hromada. It is one of the oldest cities in Ukraine and the historic centre of the region of Volhynia; it served as the capital of the Principality of Volhynia and later as one of the capital cities of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. Population: The medieval Latin name of the town "Lodomeria" became the namesake of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, of which the town itself was not a part. south from Volodymyr is Zymne, where the oldest Orthodox monastery in Volhynia is located. Name The city was named after Vladimir the Great (Volodymyr the Great), who was born in the village of Budiatychi, about 20 km from Volodymyr, and later also abbreviated ''Lodomeria'', ''Ladimiri''. Following the partitions of Poland and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chervonohrad
Sheptytskyi (, ), formerly Chervonohrad (, ), historically Krystynopol, is a historical mining town and the administrative center of Sheptytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sheptytskyi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Sheptytskyi lies about 62 km north of Lviv, 7 km from Sokal, 28 km northeast of the town of Voroniv, and has a population of History In May 1685, the Crown hetman and Kraków Voivode Feliks Kazimierz Potocki purchased land along the Bug River. In 1692, he founded a city on the lands of the village Novyi Dvir (, ) and named it "Krystynopol" after his wife Krystyna Lubomirska (the suffix "-pol" derives from Greek "polis"). Potocki made the city his family center. He died here on 22 September 1702. His grandson Franciszek Salezy Potocki built a palace and in 1763 founded a monastery of Basilians (barocco church of Saint George; prior to 1946 – a place of miracles with wondrous icon of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kovel
Kovel (, ; ; ) is a city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion within the oblast. Population: Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest runic inscriptions which were lost during World War II. The Kovel spearhead, unearthed near the town in 1858, contained text in Gothic. History The name Kovel comes from a Slavonic word for blacksmith hence the horseshoe on the town's coat of arms. The rune-inscribed Spearhead of Kovel was found near Kovel in 1858. It dates to the early 3rd century, when Gothic tribes lived in the area. Kovel (Kowel) was first mentioned in 1310. It received its town charter from the Polish King Sigismund I the Old in 1518. In 1547 the owner of Kowel became Bona Sforza, Polish queen. Since 1564 the starost of Kowel was Andrei Kurbski (d. 1584). From 1566 to 1795 it was part of the Volhynian Voivodeship. Kowel was a royal city of Poland. In 1792 the 3rd Polish Vanguard Regiment was garrisoned in Kowel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zapytiv
Zapytiv (, ) is a rural settlement in Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. It is essentially a suburb of Lviv and is located northeast of the city, about from its bypass. It belongs to Novyi Yarychiv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History Until 18 July 2020, Zapytiv belonged to Kamianka-Buzka 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 Kamianka-Buzka Raion was split between Chervonohrad and Lviv raions, with Zapytiv being transferred to Lviv Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Zapytiv was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Zapytiv became a rural settlement. Economy Transport Zapytiv railway station, located in the settlement, is on the railway which connects Lviv with Kovel via Chervonohrad and Volodymyr and with Lutsk Lutsk (, ; see #Names and etymol ... [...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] |
Chervonohrad Raion
Sheptytskyi Raion () is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was known as Chervonohrad Raion () from 2020 until 2024. The center of the raion is the city of Sheptytskyi. Population: History From the 12th century, the area that is now Sheptytskyi Raion was part of the Duchy of Belz, before being incorporated into the Polish Belz Voivodeship in the 15th century. The areas became part of the Ukrainian SSR as a result of the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange. The raion was created as Chervonohrad Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. Two abolished raions, Radekhiv Raion, Radekhiv and Sokal Raions, as well as Chervonohrad Municipality and part of Kamianka-Buzka Raion, were merged into the new raion. On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Chervonohrad Raion to Sheptytskyi Raion along with the renaming of Chervonohrad to Sheptytskyi. Geography Sheptytskyi Raion is located in the north ... [...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] |
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. The capital city, capital of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is History Name The region is named after the city of Lviv which was founded by Daniel of Galicia, the Kingdom_of_Galicia–Volhynia#Princes_and_kings, King of Galicia, in the 13th century, where it became the capital of Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, Galicia-Volhynia. Daniel named the city after his son, Leo I of Halych, Leo. During this time, the general region around Lviv was known as Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, Galicia–Volhynia — one of the strongest and most stable kingdoms in Eastern Europe of that time. Early history The oblast's strategic position at the heart of central Europe and as the gateway to the Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians has caused it to change hands many times over the centuries. In the Early Middle Ages, the territory was inhabited by the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
