Bryn ( uk, Бринь) is a village in
Ivano-Frankivsk Raion
Ivano-Frankivsk Raion ( uk, Івано-Франківський район, translit=Ivano-Frankiwśkyj rajon) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions ...
of
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...
in
Western Ukraine
Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austria ...
. It belongs to
Halych urban hromada
Halych urban territorial hromada ( uk, Галицька міська територіа́льна грома́да, translit=Halytska miska terytorialna hromada) is a hromada (municipality) in Ukraine, in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Ob ...
, one of the
hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s of Ukraine.
The population of the village is about 706 people and the local government is administered by Brynska village council.
Geography
The village occupies at an altitude of above sea level and is located on the left bank of the Lukva River. It is at a distance from the regional center of
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...
, from the district center
Halych
Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the P ...
, and from
Kalush.
History and attractions
The first written record of the village dates from 1555. However, several burial places of the
Carpathian Kurgan culture (4th–5th centuries) and a
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rusʹ, also known as Kyivan Rusʹ ( orv, , Rusĭ, or , , ; Old Norse: ''Garðaríki''), was a state in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas of ...
mound have been found in the village territory. The village preserves the wooden Church of the Transfiguration of the Blessed St. Nicholas that was built in 1863.
Until 18 July 2020, Bryn belonged to
Halych Raion
Halych Raion ( uk, Га́лицький райо́н, translit=Halyćkyj rajon) was a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region) in Ukraine. The town of Halych served as the administrative center of the district. The raion was abolished o ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Halych Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.
Famous people
Joseph Nyzhankivsky (1836–1911), the father of
Ostap Nyzhankivsky
Ostap Yosypovych Nyzhankivsky ( uk, Остап Йосипович Нижанківський and ); January 24, 1863 – May 22, 1919) – Ukrainian writer and cleric, a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, composer, conductor, ...
, is buried in the village.
Йосип Нижанківський нар. 1836 пом. 6 березня 1911 – Родовід
References
External links
Северина Нижанківська / Газета Галицька Зоря.— Дрогобич
с. Бринь. Не свідок історії. Учасник. Ірина Федоляк
weather.in.ua/Bryn' (Ivano-Frankivsk region)
{{Halych Raion
Villages in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion