Brustury (; ), known before 2023 as Lopukhiv (), is a village in
Tiachiv Raion
Tiachiv Raion (, ) is a raion in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Tiachiv. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast was reduced to ...
of
Zakarpattia Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...
in Ukraine.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1638, when the village was called Brusztura. It comes from the Romanian word "brustur", meaning heart-shaped comfrey.
After it was incorporated into the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. ...
as part of the Ukrainianization of the Carpathians, the village was renamed Lopukhiv.
On June 29, 2023, the
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...
officially renamed the village to Brustury as part of the
derussification in Ukraine
Derussification in Ukraine () is a process of removing Russian influence from the post-Soviet country of Ukraine. This derussification started after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and intensified with the demolition of monuments to Len ...
.
Geography
Brustury is located on both sides of the river
Brusturyanka, from the district center
Tiachiv
Tiachiv (, ; ; ; ) is a city located on the Tisza River in Zakarpattia Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Tiachiv Raion (district). Today, the population is
Names
There are several alternative names used for ...
.
Demographics
Native language as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua
* Ukrainian 99.64%
* Others 0.36%
References
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Villages in Tiachiv Raion