| Urych | |
| Native Name: | Урич |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Lviv Oblast |
| Coordinates: | 49.1819°N 23.4056°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lviv Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
| Subdivision Name2: | Stryi Raion |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1369 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,55 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | /(average value of) |
| Elevation M: | 499 |
| Population Total: | 305 |
| Population Density Km2: | 196,77 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 82612 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +380 32251 |
| Website: | село Урич (Ukrainian) |
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
| Subdivision Name3: | Skole urban hromada |
Urych (Ukrainian: Урич, Polish: Urycz) is a village (selo) in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Skole urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Local government — Pidhorodetska village council.[2]
It is a village located in the valley of the ridges of rock groups. The rocks located in the middle of the remnants of a massive and stone eroded Paleocene (55 million absolute age.). These of the rock are ancient Rus Rock defense the cliff-side fortress complex of Tustan.
This village is located on the altitude of 499m (1,637feet) above sea level, and is located at a distance 118km (73miles) from the regional center of Lviv, 40km (30miles) from the city of Skole, and 8km (05miles) from the urban village Skhidnytsia.
The village was founded in 1369 and is located south of the famous resort Skhidnytsia. [3] 1920-1939 situated in Stanisławów Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic.During the German invasion of Poland, Wehrmacht soldiers burned here about 100 Polish soldiers in September 1939 (the Urycz massacre).[4] [5]
Until 18 July 2020, Urych belonged to Skole Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.[6] [7]
In the village there is one architectural monument of local importance of Stryi Raion[8] - Church of Sts. Nicholas (wood) 19th century (2378-М), operates a museum history of Ruthenian Tustan fortress.[9]