Variazh
Variazh
Варяж | |
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Country | Ukraine |
Province | Lviv Oblast |
District | Sokal Raion |
First mentioned | 1419 |
Magdeburg rights | 1538 |
Government | |
• Village Head | Yuriy Horodko |
Area | |
• Total | 2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi) |
Elevation | 202 m (663 ft) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 888 |
• Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 80014 |
Area code | +380 3257 |
Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Variazh (Template:Lang-uk) is a former city (currently a village) in the Sokal Raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 888 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] The village is located close to the border with Poland, near the Polish village of Uśmierz.[3]
The first written documents date the settlement back to in 1419 as Waręż.[3] In 1538, the settlement was granted the Magdeburg rights.[3][4] During the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange, Waręż along with the rest of the Sokal Raion was transferred from the People's Republic of Poland to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[5]
In 1951, the settlement was renamed to Novoukrainka (Template:Lang-uk),[2] a name which it kept until 1989 when it was reverted back to its original—albeit Ukrainian variant of the name, "Variazh."
References
- ^ "Variazh (Lviv Oblast, Sokal Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Variazh, Lviv Oblast, Sokal Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Variazh". karpaty.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Variazh". Architectural and Natural Monuments of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ Sylwester Fertacz, Krojenie mapy Polski: Bolesna granica. Alfa. Retrieved from the Internet Archive on 14 November 2011