Styr
River in Eastern Europe; tributary of the Pripyat
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Styr near
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Country | Ukraine , Belarus |
Physical characteristics | |
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• location | Lviv Oblast , Ukraine |
Mouth | Pripyat |
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52°06′27″N 26°34′58″E / 52.1076°N 26.5829°E / 52.1076; 26.5829 |
Length | 494 km (307 mi) |
Basin size | 13,100 km 2 (5,100 sq mi) |
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Progression | Pripyat → Dnieper → Dnieper–Bug estuary → Black Sea |
The Styr ( Ukrainian : Стир ; Belarusian : Стыр ; Russian : Стырь ) is a right tributary of the Pripyat , with a length of 494 kilometres (307 mi) . Its basin area is 13,100 square kilometres (5,100 sq mi) and located in the historical region of Volhynia . [1] [2] [3]
The Styr begins near Brody , Lviv Oblast , then flows into Rivne Oblast , Volyn Oblast , then into Brest Region of Belarus where it finally flows into the Pripyat.
Notable settlements located on the river are Lutsk , Staryi Chortoryisk and Varash .
History
During the Khmelnytskyi Uprising , the Battle of Berestechko took place in 1651 on the river between armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossacks of Bohdan Khmelnytsky . [4]
During 1915–1916, the Styr river was the front line between the Austro-Hungarian and Imperial Russian armies. [5] [6]
The river was also a barrier to the German invasion on June 22, 1941, during Operation Barbarossa on the South-Western Front.
Tributaries
- Left: Radostavka , Sudylivka , Chornohuzka , Lypa [ uk ] , Serna , Liutytsia , Okinka , Richytsia , Zhyduvka , Omelianyk
- Right: Ikva , Slonivka , Pliashivka , Boldurka , Liubka , Rudka , Kormyn , Riv, Konopelka , Sapalayivka
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References
- ↑ Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (PDF) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95 . Retrieved 2019-04-20 .
- ↑ "NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz" (PDF) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola . Retrieved 2019-04-20 .
- ↑ "Стырь" (in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия . Retrieved 2019-04-20 .
- ↑ Hrushevsky, M. (2004). The Cossack Age, 1650–1653 . History of Ukraine-Rus. Vol. Nine, Book One. Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. pp. 304–305. ISBN 1895571227 .
- ↑ Marian Feldman (2009). From Warsaw, Through Łuck, Siberia, and Back to Warsaw . Lulu Inc. p. 32. ISBN 9780557093731 .
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Churchill, Miller, and Reynolds (2016). "XXIII".
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