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Variazh
Варяж
Panorama of Variazh with the St. Mark's Church seen in the distance.
Panorama of Variazh with the St. Mark's Church seen in the distance.
Coat of arms of Variazh
Map
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
DistrictSokal Raion
First mentioned1419
Magdeburg rights1538
Government
 • Village HeadYuriy Horodko
Area
 • Total
2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Elevation202 m (663 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
888
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
80014
Area code+380 3257
Websitehttp://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

  1. ^ "Variazh (Lviv Oblast, Sokal Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Variazh, Lviv Oblast, Sokal Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Variazh". karpaty.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Variazh". Architectural and Natural Monuments of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  5. ^ Sylwester Fertacz, Krojenie mapy Polski: Bolesna granica. Alfa. Retrieved from the Internet Archive on 14 November 2011