Velykyi Bukryn (; ) is a village in

Obukhiv Raion Obukhiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Obukhiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and ...

at the south of

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast (, ), also called Kyivshchyna (, ), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is administered as a city with special sta ...

, Ukraine, with about 100 inhabitants (2001). It belongs to

Rzhyshchiv urban hromada Rzhyshchiv urban hromada ( Ukrainian: Ржищівська міська громада) is a hromada (territorial community) in Ukraine, in Obukhiv Raion of Kyiv Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Rzhyshchiv. The area of the hromad ...

, one of the

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 Uk ...

s of Ukraine. The village, founded in 1600, belongs administratively to the 39.3 km² district council ''Malyi Bukryn'' (Малий Букрин). The village is located on the border with

Cherkasy Oblast Cherkasy Oblast (, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna (, ) is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central Ukraine located along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. The Capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the cit ...

on a peninsula in the

Dnieper The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with ...

, which is dammed up to Kaniv reservoir, 5 km north of Malyi Bukryn community center, about 50 km northeast of the city of

Myronivka Myronivka (, ) is a city in Obukhiv Raion in the southeastern portion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Myronivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population was recorded at Geography Myronivka is loca ...

and about 120 km south of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. At Velykyi Bukryn, the troops of the

Voronezh Front The 1st Ukrainian Front (), previously the Voronezh Front (), was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group. They took part in the capture of Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany. Wartime ...

established the hard-fought over Bukryn bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper in the autumn of 1943 during the

Battle of the Dnieper The Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II. Being one of the largest operations of the war, it involved almost four million troops at one point and stretched over a front. Ov ...

. In the neighboring village of Balyko-Shchuchynka, there is the "National Museum-Memorial Bukryn Bridgehead" (Національний музей-меморіальний комплекс «Букринський плацдарм") to commemorate the fighting. Until 18 July 2020, Velykyi Bukryn belonged to

Myronivka Raion Myronivka Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Myronivka. The raion was abolished on 19 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions o ...

. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Myronivka Raion was merged into Obukhiv Raion.

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Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine 1600 establishments in Europe Villages in Obukhiv Raion