Krylos is a small village of

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 ...

in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast,

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 ...

. It is located south of modern

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 is part of the National preserve ''Ancient Halych''. The village covers an area of . The village council consists of 16 people. Krylos 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 hromadas of Ukraine.

History

Krylos is located on the site of the Princely city center of

; according to th
website
of

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

the settlement was founded in 898 AD. The territory of Krylos extended as far as the Limnytsia River to the west and

Dniester The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...

River to the north. Immediately to the west of the Krylos settlement flows the Lukva River, which in ancient times was wider and deeper than it is today. The Lukva River served as a natural obstruction to invaders. On the east side of the Halych

citadel A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of "city", meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core. I ...

flowed a small creek that with its valley provided an additional defensive barrier. On top of the hill where the local Assumption Cathedral ( uk, Галицький Успенський собор) displayed its stature to the surrounding landscapes, a series of tall defensive earth ramparts were built that served as the defense barriers in the past. It was a politically administrative and large religious center of

White Croats White Croats ( hr, Bijeli Hrvati; pl, Biali Chorwaci; cz, Bílí Chorvati; uk, Білі хорвати, Bili khorvaty), or simply known as Croats, were a group of Early Slavic tribes who lived among other West and East Slavic tribes in the ar ...

. Until 18 July 2020, Krylos 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 ...

. 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.

Points of interest

The majority of the archeological, architectural, and historical remnants of the former capital can be found here, which together with the Halych Historical Center and a number of other local historic locations make up the national reserve known as "Old Halych." Krylos is now a village with remains and the partially reconstructe
Assumption Church
considered to be from medieval times. Next to this church Prince

Yaroslav Osmomysl Yaroslav Osmomysl ( orv, Осмомыслъ Ярославъ, ''Osmomyslŭ Jaroslavŭ''; uk , Ярослав Володимирович Осмомисл, ''Yaroslav Volodymyrkovych Osmomysl'') ( – 1 October 1187) was the most famous Prince of H ...

br>was buried

chapel
has been constructed on the site of the original Assumption Church.

References

External links

Website of the National Preserve ''Ancient Halych
* {{Coord, 49.0883, N, 24.6886, E, scale:10000_source:kolossus-ukwiki, display=title Villages in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion