Styr River
Encyclopedia
The Styr River is right tributary of the Pripyat River
, with a length of 494 km. Its basin area is 13,100 km².
The Styr River begins near Brody
, in the Ukrainian Oblast of Lviv
, then flows into the Rivne Oblast
, Volyn Oblast
, then into the Belarus
ian voblast of Brest
where it finally flows into the Pripyat.
During 1915-1916, the Styr river was the front line between the Austro-Hungarian
and Imperial Russian armies.
Notable settlements located on the river are Lutsk
, Staryi Chortoryisk
and Kuznetsovsk
.
Pripyat River
The Pripyat River or Prypiat River is a river in Eastern Europe, approximately long. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again, draining into the Dnieper....
, with a length of 494 km. Its basin area is 13,100 km².
The Styr River begins near Brody
Brody
Brody is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Brody Raion , and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv...
, in the Ukrainian Oblast of Lviv
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...
, then flows into the Rivne Oblast
Rivne Oblast
Rivne Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The area of the region is 20,100 km²; its population is 1.2 million...
, Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast is an oblast in north-western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town and the last station in Ukraine of the rail line running from Kiev to Warsaw.-History:...
, then into the Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
ian voblast of Brest
Brest Voblast
Brest Voblast or Brest Oblast is a province of Belarus with its administrative center being Brest.Important cities within the voblast' include: Baranovichi, Brest, and Pinsk.-Geography:...
where it finally flows into the Pripyat.
During 1915-1916, the Styr river was the front line between the Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
and Imperial Russian armies.
Notable settlements located on the river are Lutsk
Lutsk
Lutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
, Staryi Chortoryisk
Staryi Chortoryisk
Staryi Chortoryisk is a village in north-western Ukraine. It is located on the bank of the Styr River in the Manevytskyi Raion of the Volyn Oblast ....
and Kuznetsovsk
Kuznetsovsk
Kuznetsovsk is a city in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. Population is 40,872 . The mayor of Kuznetsovsk is S. Anoshchenko .The urban-type settlement was founded on 1973 as a company town of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant. The new town was named in honor of the Soviet secret agent Nikolai Kuznetsov. The...
.