The Styr (; ; ) is a right
tributary
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of the
Pripyat
Pripyat ( ; russian: При́пять), also known as Prypiat ( uk, При́пʼять, , ), is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 19 ...
, with a length of 494 km. Its
basin area is 13,100 km
2 located in historical region of
Volhynia
Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...
.
The Styr begins near
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 ...
, in the Ukrainian Oblast of
Lviv
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, then flows into
Rivne Oblast
Rivne Oblast ( uk, Рі́вненська о́бласть, translit=Rivnenska oblast), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna ( uk, Рі́вненщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of th ...
,
Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast ( uk, Воли́нська о́бласть, translit=Volýnsʹka óblastʹ; also referred to as Volyn or Lodomeria) is an oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town an ...
, then into
Brest Region
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of
Belarus
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where it finally flows into the Pripyat.
During the
Khmelnytskyi Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising,; in Ukraine known as Khmelʹnychchyna or uk, повстання Богдана Хмельницького; lt, Chmelnickio sukilimas; Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніцкага; russian: ...
, in 1651 at Styr river took place important
battle of Berestechko
The Battle of Berestechko ( pl, Bitwa pod Beresteczkiem; uk, Берестецька битва, Битва під Берестечком) was fought between the Ukrainian Cossacks, led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, aided by their Crimean Ta ...
between armies of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the
Cossacks
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of
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...
.
During 1915–1916, the Styr river was the front line between the
Austro-Hungarian
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and
Imperial Russia
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n armies.
The river was also a barrier to the German invasion on June 22, 1941, during
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa (german: link=no, Unternehmen Barbarossa; ) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. The operation, code-named after ...
on the South-Western Front.
Notable settlements located on the river are
Lutsk
Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Luts ...
,
Staryi Chortoryisk
Staryi Chortoryisk ( uk, Старий Чорторийськ, translit. ''Staryi Chortoryis'k'', pl, Czartorysk) is a village (''selo'') in north-western Ukraine. It is located on the bank of the Styr River in the Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion of Volyn ...
and
Varash
Varash ( uk, Вараш), from 1977 to 2016 Kuznetsovsk ( uk, Кузнецо́вськ, links=no), is a city in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Varash urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine and Varash Raion, one of the ...
.
Tributaries
* Left:
Radostavka,
Sudylivka,
Chornohuzka, ,
Serna
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,
Liutytsia,
Okinka,
Richytsia,
Zhyduvka,
Omelianyk
* Right:
Ikva
The Ikva ( uk, Іква) is a river in Ukraine and a right tributary of the Styr River that flows through Lviv Oblast, Ternopil Oblast and Rivne Oblast in the Volhynian Upland.Zabokrytska, M. Ikva (І́КВА)'. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine.
It ...
,
Slonivka,
Pliashivka,
Boldurka,
Liubka,
Rudka,
Kormyn,
Riv
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Anatomy and Medicine
* Right innominate vein
* Recombinant influenza vaccine
Military aviation
* March Air Reserve Base, a U.S. Air Reserve base in Riverside County, California, by IATA airport code
* Fieseler Fi 103R Re ...
,
Konopelka,
Sapalayivka
Images
File:Ukraine Fluesse mitName Oblast Wolhynien.png, The Styr River on the map of Volyn Oblast
File:Dnepr basin-Ukr.png, Dnieper
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basin
File:Іній - panoramio.jpg, In frost near Boratyn
References
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Rivers of Belarus
Rivers of Brest Region
Rivers of Lviv Oblast
Rivers of Rivne Oblast
Rivers of Volyn Oblast