Styr

Styr
	Styr near Varash
Native name	Стир / Стыр
Location
Country	Ukraine, Belarus
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Mouth	Pripyat
• coordinates	52.1076°N 26.5829°E
Length	494 km (307 mi)
Basin size	13,100 km2 (5,100 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Pripyat→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea

The Styr (Ukrainian: Стир; Belarusian: Стыр; Russian: Стырь) is right tributary of the Pripyat, with a length of 494 km. Its basin area is 13,100 km² located in historical region of Volhynia.[1][2][3]

The Styr begins near Brody, in the Ukrainian Oblast of Lviv, then flows into Rivne Oblast, Volyn Oblast, then into Brest Region of Belarus where it finally flows into the Pripyat.

During the Khmelnytskyi Uprising, in 1651 at Styr river took place important battle of Berestechko between armies of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Cossacks of Khmelnytskyi.[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.

Notable settlements located on the river are Lutsk, Staryi Chortoryisk and Varash.

Tributaries

Left: Radostavka, Sudylivka, Chornohuzka, Lypa, Serna, Liutytsia, Okinka, Richytsia, Zhyduvka, Omelianyk
Right: Ikva, Slonivka, Pliashivka, Boldurka, Liubka, Rudka, Kormyn, Riv, Konopelka, Sapalayivka

Images

The Styr River on the map of Volyn Oblast
Dnieper basin
In frost near Boratyn

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. Volume 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.
Churchill, Miller, and Reynolds (2016). "XXIII". The Story of the Great War, Volume 4: The World War. VM eBooks.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[Izsak-1] Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-04-20.

[névj-2] "NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz" (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. Retrieved 2019-04-20.

[BSZE-3] "Стырь" (in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2019-04-20.

[4] Hrushevsky, M. (2004). The Cossack Age, 1650–1653. History of Ukraine-Rus. Volume Nine, Book One. Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. pp. 304–305. ISBN 1895571227.

[5] Marian Feldman (2009). From Warsaw, Through Łuck, Siberia, and Back to Warsaw. Lulu Inc. p. 32. ISBN 9780557093731.

[6] Churchill, Miller, and Reynolds (2016). "XXIII". The Story of the Great War, Volume 4: The World War. VM eBooks.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)