Styr Explained

Styr

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Mouth Coordinates:

52.1076°N 26.5829°W

Subdivision Type1:

Country

Length:

494km (307miles)

Basin Size:

13100km2

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The Styr (; ;) is a right tributary of the Pripyat, with a length of . Its basin area is 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,, Serna, Liutytsia, Okinka, Richytsia, Zhyduvka, Omelianyk
Right: Ikva, Slonivka, Pliashivka, Boldurka, Liubka, Rudka, Kormyn, Riv, Konopelka, Sapalayivka

Notes and References

Book: Ukrajna természeti földrajza. 95. Izsák Tibor. II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. 2007. 2019-04-20. hu.
Web site: NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz. II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. 2019-04-20. hu.
Web site: Стырь. Большая Советская Энциклопедия. 2019-04-20. ru.
Book: Hrushevsky, M.. 2004. History of Ukraine-Rus. Nine, Book One. The Cossack Age, 1650–1653. Toronto. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. 1895571227. 304–305.
Book: From Warsaw, Through Łuck, Siberia, and Back to Warsaw. Marian Feldman. Lulu Inc. 2009. 32. 9780557093731.
Book: The Story of the Great War, Volume 4: The World War. XXIII. VM eBooks. 2016. Churchill, Miller, and Reynolds.