Urych

Urych (Ukrainian: У́рич, Polish: Urycz) is a village (selo) in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Skole urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Local government — Pidhorodetska village council.[2]

Urych
Урич
village
Urych with the Church of Saint Nicholas
Urych with the Church of Saint Nicholas
Urych is located in Lviv Oblast
Urych
Urych
Coordinates: 49°10′55″N 23°24′20″E
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
DistrictStryi Raion
Established1369
Area
 • Total155 km2 (60 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
499 m (1,637 ft)
Population
 • Total305
 • Density19,677/km2 (50,960/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
82612
Area code+380 32251
Websiteсело Урич (Ukrainian)

Geography

It is a village located in the valley of the ridges of rock groups. The rocks located in the middle of the remnants of a massive and stone eroded Paleocene (55 million absolute age.). These of the rock are ancient Rus Rock defense the cliff-side fortress complex of Tustan’.

This village is located on the altitude of 499 metres (1,640 ft) above sea level, and is located at a distance 118 kilometres (73 mi) from the regional center of Lviv, 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the city of Skole, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the urban village Skhidnytsia.

History

The village was founded in 1369 and is located south of the famous resort Skhidnytsia. [3] 1920-1939 situated in Stanisławów Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic. During the German invasion of Poland, Wehrmacht soldiers burned here about 100 Polish soldiers in September 1939 (the Urycz massacre).[4][5]

Until 18 July 2020, Urych belonged to Skole 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 Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.[6][7]

Attractions

In the village there is one architectural monument of local importance of Stryi Raion[8]–- Church of Sts. Nicholas (wood) 19th century (2378-М), operates a museum history of Ruthenian Tustan fortress.[9]

References
  1. "Сколевская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. Pidhorodetska village council
  3. Urych village: street map, photos.
  4. Kipp, Michaela (2014-04-10). Großreinemachen im Osten: Feindbilder in deutschen Feldpostbriefen im Zweiten Weltkrieg (in German). Campus Verlag. ISBN 978-3-593-50095-9.
  5. "Oddziałowa Komisja w Katowicach. Śledztwa - S 17/05/Zn". Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. 2008-05-17. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  6. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  8. Пам'ятки архітектури Сколівського району (in Ukrainian)
  9. Музей історії Тустані в с. Урич, державний історико-культурний заповідник «Тустань»(in Ukrainian)
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