Velykyi Zhytyn (, russian: Великий Житин, pl, Żytyń Wielki) is a village in the Ukrainian
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 ...
with about 1200 inhabitants (2006).
The village was mentioned in 1518 in an act of the King of Poland
Sigismund I the Old. In this act, he confirmed his rights over the estates of Prince
Kostiantin Ivanovich Ostrozky, inherited from his wife's grandmotherMaria Rivne-Nesvitskayaand her husband Prince Semyon Nesvitsky.
It is located in Rivne Raion on the regional road P-5 and P-77 9 km northeast of the oblast and Raion seat Rivne. The Kustinka River, a tributary of the
Horyn
The Horyn or Haryn ( uk, Горинь ; be, Гарынь ; russian: Горы́нь; pl, Horyń) is a tributary of the Pripyat, which flows through Ukraine and Belarus. The Horyn is long, and has a drainage basin of .[Leonid Kravchuk
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk ( uk, Леонід Макарович Кравчук; 10 January 1934 – 10 May 2022) was a Ukrainian politician and the first president of Ukraine, serving from 5 December 1991 until 19 July 1994. In 1992, he signed ...]
, was born in Velykyi Zhytyn in 1934. At that time, the village was part of the
Second Polish Republic.
References
Rivne Raion
Villages in Rivne Raion
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