Stara Ushytsia ( uk, Стара Ушиця, yi, אַלט־אישיצע / אישיצע, russian: Старая Ушица) 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
Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion ( uk, Кам'янець-Подільський район, ) is one of the three administrative raions (a Raions of Ukraine, ''district'') of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its Administrative centre, administ ...
(
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
) of
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...
in western
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 ...
.
Stara Ushytsia hosts the administration of
Stara Ushytsia settlement hromada, 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 settlement's population was 2,492 as of the
2001 Ukrainian Census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. [ and
]
Geography
The town is situated on the banks of the Dnister River
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 ...
in the Podolia
Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...
n landscape. It is located near the National Environmental Park "Podilski Tovtry"
Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park ( uk, Націона́льний приро́дний парк «Поді́льські То́втри») is a national park, located in Khmelnytskyi and Kamianets-Podilskyi Raions (districts) of Khmelnytskyi ...
.
History
The settlement was first mentioned in written documents in 1144 as Ushytsia ( uk, Ушиця).[ Ushytsia was also granted the ]Magdeburg rights
Magdeburg rights (german: Magdeburger Recht; also called Magdeburg Law) were a set of town privileges first developed by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (936–973) and based on the Flemish Law, which regulated the degree of internal autonomy within ...
in 1144. In 1826, the settlement was renamed to "Stara Ushytsia" (Old Ushytsia) while the settlement of Litnivtsi was renamed Nova Ushytsia (New Ushytsia).
It was granted the status of an urban-type settlement in 1979.[ The town houses the Stara Ushytisa Settlement Council, which was founded in 1982.] The council administers the town of Stara Ushytsia itself and the village of Horaivka.[
]
See also
* Bakota, Ukraine
Bakota ( uk, Ба́кота) is a historic submerged settlement of the Galicia-Volhynia, Rus Kingdom, modern-day Khmelnytskyi Oblast (oblast, province) in western Ukraine. The village lies beneath the Dniester, Dniester River and is located in the ...
, a former settlement near the town that houses an ancient cave monastery
References
External links
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Urban-type settlements in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
Populated places on the Dniester River in Ukraine
Populated places established in the 12th century
Ushitsky Uyezd
Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion