Lyutizh Explained

Settlement Type:Village-type settlement
Official Name:Lyutizh
Native Name:Лютіж
Pushpin Map:Ukraine#Ukraine Kyiv Oblast
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Name:Ukraine
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Kyiv Oblast
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name2:Vyshhorod Raion
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Population Total:2282
Population As Of:2006
Coordinates:50.6847°N 30.3944°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:07352
Area Code:+380 4596
Website:https://rada.info/rada/04359593/

Lyutizh (Ukrainian: Лютіж; Russian: Лютеж - Lyutezh) is a village 30 km to the north of Kyiv in Vyshhorod Raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, with some 2280 inhabitants (2006). It belongs to Petrivtsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

The village, first mentioned in 975. In the 19th century Lyutizh was part of Staro-Petrovskaya volost, Kievsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate.[2]

The village is best known for the Lyutezh bridgehead, established by troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front on the right bank of the Dnieper in the autumn of 1943 during the Battle of the Dnieper. The fighting for the bridgehead is commemorated in the National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943" in the nearby village of Novi Petrivtsi.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Петровская громада . Gromada.info. ru. 17 June 2022.
  2. http://www.surnameindex.info/info/kiev/kiev/lyutezh/index.html Историческая информация о селе Лютеж