Bryn () is a village in
Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
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in
Western Ukraine
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. It belongs to
Halych urban hromada, one of the
hromada
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s of Ukraine.
The population of the village is about 706 people and the local government is administered by Brynska village council.
Geography
The village occupies at an altitude of above sea level and is located on the left bank of the Lukva River. It is at a distance from the regional center of
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk (, ), formerly Stanyslaviv, Stanislav and Stanisławów, is a city in western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast as well as Ivano-Frankivsk Raion within the oblast. Ivano-Frankivsk also host ...
, from the district center
Halych
Halych (, ; ; ; ; , ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; ) is a historic List of cities in Ukraine, city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the Principality of Halych, the historic province of Galicia (Eastern Europe), ...
, and from
Kalush.
History and attractions
The first written record of the village dates from 1555. However, several burial places of the
Carpathian Kurgan culture (4th–5th centuries) and a
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,.
* was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical At ...
mound have been found in the village territory. The village preserves the wooden Church of the Transfiguration of the Blessed St. Nicholas that was built in 1863.
Until 18 July 2020, Bryn belonged to
Halych Raion. 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.
Famous people
Joseph Nyzhankivsky (1836–1911), the father of
Ostap Nyzhankivsky, is buried in the village.
Йосип Нижанківський нар. 1836 пом. 6 березня 1911 – Родовід
References
External links
Северина Нижанківська / Газета Галицька Зоря.— Дрогобич
с. Бринь. Не свідок історії. Учасник. Ірина Федоляк
weather.in.ua/Bryn' (Ivano-Frankivsk region)
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Villages in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion