Dzhuryn, Ternopil Oblast

Dzhuryn
Джурин
Dzhuryn palace of culture
Dzhuryn is located in Ternopil Oblast
Dzhuryn
Dzhuryn
Location in Ternopil Oblast
Dzhuryn is located in Ukraine
Dzhuryn
Dzhuryn
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°1′46″N 25°34′38″E / 49.02944°N 25.57722°E / 49.02944; 25.57722
Country Ukraine
OblastTernopil Oblast
RaionChortkiv Raion
HromadaBilobozhnytsia Hromada
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48531

Dzhuryn (Ukrainian: Джурин) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada.[1] It is located upon the eponymous river, a left tributary of the Dniester, in the historical region of Galician Podolia. A road connecting Buchach and Chortkiv passes through the village.[2]

History

The first written mention of Dzhuryn dates from 1607.[3]

In May 1919 Dzhuryn was the site of a battle, during which troops of the Ukrainian Galician Army defeated Polish forces.[2]

Religion

  • Saint Anne church (OCU, 1902, brick)[3]
  • Saint Anne church (UGCC, 1938, restored from a former RCC church in 2000)[3]

People

  • Yevhen Baran (born 1961), Ukrainian literary critic, literary scholar, essayist[3]
  • Ivan Nimchuk (1891–1956), Ukrainian journalist, publisher, editor, public figure, political prisoner[3]

References

  1. ↑ Білобожницька територіальна громада, Децентралізація
  2. 1 2 Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 2. 1993. pp. 505–508.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 (in Ukrainian) П. Гуцал, М. Федечко, Джурин // Ternopil Oblast. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 465—466. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.