Styr
| Styr | |
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 Styr nearVarash | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine,Belarus |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lviv Oblast,Ukraine |
| Mouth | Pripyat |
• coordinates | 52°06′27″N26°34′58″E/ 52.1076°N 26.5829°E |
| Length | 494 km (307 mi) |
| Basin size | 13,100 km2(5,100 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Pripyat→Dnieper→Dnieper–Bug estuary→Black Sea |
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TheStyr(Ukrainian:Стир;Belarusian:Стыр;Russian:Стырь) is a righttributaryof thePripyat,with a length of 494 kilometres (307 mi). Itsbasinarea is 13,100 square kilometres (5,100 sq mi) and located in the historical region ofVolhynia.[1][2][3]
The Styr begins nearBrody,Lviv Oblast,then flows intoRivne Oblast,Volyn Oblast,then intoBrest RegionofBelaruswhere it finally flows into the Pripyat.
Notable settlements located on the river areLutsk,Staryi ChortoryiskandVarash.
History
[edit]During theKhmelnytskyi Uprising,theBattle of Berestechkotook place in 1651 on the river between armies of thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealthand theCossacksofBohdan Khmelnytsky.[4]
During 1915–1916, the Styr river was the front line between theAustro-HungarianandImperial Russianarmies.[5][6]
The river was also a barrier to the German invasion on June 22, 1941, duringOperation Barbarossaon the South-Western Front.
Tributaries
[edit]- Left:Radostavka,Sudylivka,Chornohuzka,Lypa,Serna,Liutytsia,Okinka,Richytsia,Zhyduvka,Omelianyk
- Right:Ikva,Slonivka,Pliashivka,Boldurka,Liubka,Rudka,Kormyn,Riv,Konopelka,Sapalayivka
Images
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References
[edit]- ^Izsák Tibor (2007).Ukrajna természeti földrajza(PDF)(in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95.Retrieved2019-04-20.
- ^"NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz"(PDF)(in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola.Retrieved2019-04-20.
- ^"Стырь"(in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия.Retrieved2019-04-20.
- ^Hrushevsky, M. (2004).The Cossack Age, 1650–1653.History of Ukraine-Rus. Vol. Nine, Book One. Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. pp. 304–305.ISBN1895571227.
- ^Marian Feldman(2009).From Warsaw, Through Łuck, Siberia, and Back to Warsaw.Lulu Inc. p. 32.ISBN9780557093731.
- ^Churchill, Miller, and Reynolds (2016). "XXIII".The Story of the Great War, Volume 4: The World War.VM eBooks.
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