Zavorychi Explained

Zavorychi
Official Name:Ukrainian: Заворичі
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Pushpin Map:Ukraine#Ukraine Kyiv Oblast
Coordinates:50.7056°N 31.1328°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Kyiv Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Brovary
Population Total:2,241

Zavorychi (Ukrainian: Заворичі) is a village in Brovary Raion (district) of Kyiv Oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. It belongs to Kalyta settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population was 2,241 at the 2001 Ukrainian census.

The settlement existed at least from 980s,[1] the oldest mention under modern name dated back to 1618.[2]

Local wooden Orthodox St. George's Church from 1873 was destroyed by Russian forces on March 7, 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3] [4] [5]

References

  1. Web site: Заворотичі, з книги "Золота очеретина" В. Гузія) . 6 April 2013 . 8 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130508213751/http://donas.in.ua/vsyake/zavorotychi.html .
  2. Архивъ Юго-Западной Россіи. Ч. VII. Т. 1. Акты о заселении Юго-Западной Россіи. — Кіевъ, 1886. — с. 306.
  3. Web site: Murphy . Paul P. . Pennington . Josh . 2022-03-07 . Church in the Ukrainian village of Zavorychi on fire after alleged military strike . 2022-03-14 . CNN . en.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2odXcZaEDQc Ворог спалив Свято-Георгіївську церкву в Заворичах // Телеканал ATR, 07.03.2022
  5. https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-60650485 Росія нищить наші православні храми — УПЦ Московського патріархату // BBC News Україна, 07.03.2022