Brusyliv ( uk, Брусилів, russian: link=no, Брусилов) is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
in
Zhytomyr Raion
Zhytomyr Raion ( uk, Житомирський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Zhytomyr. The raion covers an area of . Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the adm ...
, eastern part of
Zhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...
, northern
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. Brusyliv is the center of the Brusyliv urban hromada, being situated on the river
Zdvyzh. It has the status of an urban-type settlement since 1979. Population:
Geography
Brusyliv is situated 29 km from the railway station Skochyshche, 56 km from
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, a ...
by railway and by 78 km by highway. First historical mention dates to 1543. Postal code for Brusyliv is 12605 and telephone code is +380-4162 (with international prefix +380). Mayor of the town in 2006 was Leonid Rybets.
Famous personalities
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Ivan Ohienko
Metropolitan Ilarion (secular name Ivan Ivanovitch Ohienko; uk, Іван Іванович Огієнко; 2 January (14 January), 1882 in Brusilov, Kiev Governorate – 29 March 1972 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) was a Ukrainian Orthodox cleri ...
(1882–1972) – Ukrainian linguist, historian and religious figure.
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David Ignatoff
David Ignatoff (; 15 October 1885 – 26 February 1954), born David Ignatovski (), was a Russian-born American Yiddish author and playwright. A member of the Di Yunge literary movement, Ignatoff wrote short stories, novels, plays, and childr ...
(1885–1954) – Yiddish writer and dramatist active in the USA.
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Stanislav Boklan (1960) – Ukrainian actor.
References
External links
Find out Brusyliv @ Ukrainian.Travel
Urban-type settlements in Zhytomyr Raion
Radomyslsky Uyezd
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