Velykyi Bukryn ( uk, Великий Букрин; russian: Великий Букрин) is a village in
Obukhiv Raion
Obukhiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Obukhiv. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and ...
at the south of
Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, with about 100 inhabitants (2001). It belongs to
Rzhyshchiv urban hromada
Rzhyshchiv urban hromada (Ukrainian: Ржищівська міська територіальна громада) is a hromada (territorial community) in Ukraine, in Obukhiv Raion of Kyiv Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Rzhyshch ...
, 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 village, founded in 1600, belongs administratively to the 39.3 km
2 district council ''Malyi Bukryn'' (Малий Букрин).
The village is located on the border with
Cherkasy Oblast on a peninsula in the
Dnieper, which is dammed up to Kaniv reservoir, 5 km north of Malyi Bukryn community center, about 50 km northeast of the city of
Myronivka
Myronivka is a city in Obukhiv Raion in the southeastern portion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Myronivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population was recorded at
Geography
Myronivka is located ...
and about 120 km south of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
At Velykyi Bukryn, the troops of the
Voronezh Front established the hard-fought over Bukryn bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper in the autumn of 1943 during the
Battle of the Dnieper. In the neighboring village of Balyko-Shchuchynka, there is the "National Museum-Memorial Bukryn Bridgehead" (Національний музей-меморіальний комплекс «Букринський плацда) to commemorate the fighting.
Until 18 July 2020, Velykyi Bukryn belonged to
Myronivka Raion
Myronivka Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Myronivka. The raion was abolished on 19 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions o ...
. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Myronivka Raion was merged into Obukhiv Raion.
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Historians
Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine
1600 establishments in Europe
Villages in Obukhiv Raion