Lyutizh (; - Lyutezh) is a village 30 km to the north of
Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
in
Vyshhorod Raion
Vyshhorod Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Vyshhorod. It has a population of
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast w ...
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 some 2280 inhabitants (2006). It belongs to
Petrivtsi rural hromada
Petrivtsi rural hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast. Its administrative center is the village of Novi Petrivtsi.
It has an area of and a population of 12,001, as of 2020.
The hromada contains 4 settlement ...
, 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, first mentioned in 975. In the 19th century Lyutizh was part of Staro-Petrovskaya
volost
Volost (; ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Kievan Rus', the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and the Russian Empire.
History
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Kievsky Uyezd
The Kiev uezd (; ) was one of the subdivisions of the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kiev.
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of ...
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Kiev Governorate
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The village is best known for the Lyutezh bridgehead, established by troops of the 1st Ukrainian 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 ...
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 ...
. The fighting for the bridgehead is commemorated in the National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943"
The National Museum-Preserve of Ukrainian military achievements, is a museum preserve dedicated to Ukrainian military achievements. The museum is located on the outskirts of the village of Novi Petrivtsi, Vyshhorod Raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. ...
in the nearby village of Novi Petrivtsi
Novi Petrivtsi () is a large village#Ukraine, village located just north of Kyiv, in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Today it is the administrative seat of the Petrivtsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Just outside the vil ...
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References
External links
Kyiv Forum
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Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine