Hlushyn ( ua, Глушин) is a

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(''selo'') in Zolochiv Raion,

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, in western

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. It belongs to

Brody urban hromada Brody ( uk, Броди; russian: Броды, Brodï; pl, Brody; german: Brody; yi, בראָד, Brod) is a city in Zolochiv Raion of Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Area of the village totals is 2.01 km² and the population of village is just about 276 persons. Local government is administered by Ponykovytska village council. From 1918 to 1939 the village was in

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. Until 18 July 2020, Hlushyn belonged to Brody 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 Brody Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion.

Geography

The village is located on the right bank of the upper reaches

Styr River The Styr (; ; ) is a right tributary of the Pripyat, with a length of 494 km. Its basin area is 13,100 km2 located in historical region of Volhynia. The Styr begins near Brody, in the Ukrainian Oblast of Lviv, then flows into Rivne Ob ...

. It is located at a distance of from the highway in

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connecting

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with

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. Distance from the regional center

is , from the district center

Brody Brody ( uk, Броди; russian: Броды, Brodï; pl, Brody; german: Brody; yi, בראָד, Brod) is a city in Zolochiv Raion of Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately ...

, and from

Religious structures

In the village there are two churches: * Church Dormition of the Theotokos (1920, wooden) ( UGCC) * Church Dormition of the Theotokos (stone) (

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)

People from Hlushyn

Roman Bezpalkiv Roman Bezpalkiv ( uk, Рома́н Безпа́лків) – (15 April 1938, village Hlushyn, Lviv region (Lviv Oblast) – 19 November 2009, Lviv) – was a Ukrainian painter. Genre – painting, sacral art. Member of the Natio ...

(1938 - 2009) – Ukrainian painter, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine. * Bezpalkiv MykhayloБезпальків Михайло (м.Львів)
(1939) – Ukrainian painter, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine.

References

External links

gska2.rada.gov.ua

village Hlushyn
{{Brody Raion Villages in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast