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Trypillia

Coordinates: 50°07′N 30°46′E / 50.117°N 30.767°E / 50.117; 30.767
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19th century view of Trypillia, prior to damming of Dnieper river (Regional Archeological Museum)
Trypillian pots (Regional Archeological Museum)

Trypillia (Template:Lang-ua) is a village in the Obukhiv Raion (district) of the Kyiv Oblast, in central Ukraine, with 2,800 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2005). It lies about 40 km (25 mi) south from Kyiv on the Dnieper River.

History

The extensive Neolithic ancient ruin located near Trypillia was the location of the initial Ukrainian discovery by the Czech archeologist Vicentiy Khvoika of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture that existed between 5400-2700 BCE, which covered an area of 35,000 km2 (13,500 square miles), and encompassed present-day southern Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania.[1] Khvoika reported his findings in 1897 to the 11th Congress of Archaeologists, marking the official date of the discovery of this culture.[2] Initially named the Trypillian culture it eventually was determined that it and the Cucuteni culture of Romania were the same. Today the commonly accepted term for this culture combines both names, hence Cucuteni-Trypillian.

The name of Trypillia means "three fields" in Slavic languages and is unrelated to Tripoli. It was first mentioned by Kyivan chroniclers in connection with the Battle of the Stugna River in 1093. During the 12th century, Trypillia was a fortress which defended approaches towards Kyiv from the steppe. One of its rulers was Mstislav the Bold. During the subsequent centuries, the town dwindled into insignificance. In 1919 it was the venue of the Trypillia incident, in which Ukrainian forces under Danylo Terpylo massacred a unit of Bolsheviks.

Notes

  1. ^ Mantu, Cornelia-Magda (2000). "Cucuteni–Tripolye cultural complex: relations and synchronisms with other contemporaneous cultures from the Black Sea area". Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica. VII. Iaşi, Romania: Iaşi University: 267. OCLC 228808567.
  2. ^ Taranec, Natalie. "The Trypilska Kultura - The Spiritual Birthplace of Ukraine?". The Trypillian Civilization Society. Retrieved 21 November 2009. [dead link]

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