Berestechko (Ukraine)
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Name (Hebrew)
ברסטצ'קה (אוקראינה)
Name (Latin)
Berestechko (Ukraine)
Other forms of name
nnaa Berestechko, Russia
Beresteczko (Ukraine)
Bersteczko (Ukraine)
ברעסטעצקי (אוקראינה)
ברסטצ'קו (אוקראינה)
בערעסטעטשקא (אוקראינה)
Coordinates
E0250700 E0250700 N0502100 N0502100 (geonames )
025.970221 025.1248527 050.3726340 050.3510744 (gooearth )
Associated country
Ukraine
Sources of Information
- Bytva pid Berestechkom, 1993.
- Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.:v. 1, p. 412 (Berestechko, a city in Horokhivsʹkyĭ raĭon in Volynsʹka oblastʹ. The city was under Polish rule during the 16th-18th centuries, but with the third partition of Poland in 1795 Berestechko became part of theRussian Empire. According to the treaty of 1921 ending the Polish-Russian Wars of 1920, Berestechko, as part of the Western Ukrainian lands was ceded to Poland. In 1939 the city was reunited with Ukraine)
- Ukraïna [MAP] 1992:(Berestechko in Volynsʹka oblastʹ)
- LC PreMARC file(hdg.: Berestechko, Russia)
- Encyk. Powszechna:v. 2, p. 332 (Beresteczko; a city in Wołyńska gubernia established in 1547 by Fryderyk Hlebowicz Proński)
- Encyc. of Ukraine:v. 1, p. 205 (Berestechko; a city in Horokhiv raion, Volhynia oblast, on the Styr River. From 1795 until 1917 Berestechko was part of the Russian Empire; from 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland)
Wikipedia description:
Berestechko (Ukrainian: Берестечко, IPA: [bereˈstɛtʃko] ) is a town in Lutsk Raion, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the Styr River. Population: 1,630 (2022 estimate).
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