Baluchyn () is a village in

Zolochiv Raion Zolochiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Zolochiv. Population: It was established in 1939. On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the numbe ...

(

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) of

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of western

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. It belongs to

Krasne settlement hromada Krasne settlement hromada () is a hromada in Ukraine, in Zolochiv Raion of Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. The capital city, capital of t ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. The distance from the village to the district centre is 15 km, to the railway station Krasne is 9 km, to the region centre is 45 km. Highway " Peremyshlyany- Berestechko" runs through the village. An area of settlement is 3.242 km², population is 608 inhabitants.

History

Word "Baluchyn" was first mentioned in written sources for 1476. During

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village was a part of Firlejowka dominion and

Brody Brody (, ; ; ; ) is a city in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr, Styr River, approximately northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv. Brody hosts the administrati ...

district (from 1789 – Zolochiv district). In 1885, Baluchyn's proprietor was lord Henrich who had mansion in neighboring village Kutkir. There were one class state school and public service loan in Baluchyn. Brick church for public funds was built in 1891. The church was painted by Markiian Chuiko in 1938 while iconostasis was painted by Skrutkov in 1907. In 1941, during German occupation there was Ukrainian school with

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learning. School consisted of four classes. Until 18 July 2020, Baluchyn belonged to

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, ...

. 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.

Demographics

According to

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Gallery

References

External links

Baluchyn on the web-site of Busk district
Villages in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast {{Lviv-geo-stub