Styr
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The Styr (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a right tributary of the Pripyat, with a length of Template:Convert. Its basin area is Template:Convert and located in the historical region of Volhynia.[1][2][3]
The Styr begins near Brody, Lviv Oblast, then flows into Rivne Oblast, Volyn Oblast, then into Brest Region of Belarus where it finally flows into the Pripyat.
Notable settlements located on the river are Lutsk, Staryi Chortoryisk and Varash.
History
During the Khmelnytskyi Uprising, the Battle of Berestechko took place in 1651 on the river between armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossacks of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.[4]
During 1915–1916, the Styr river was the front line between the Austro-Hungarian and Imperial Russian armies.[5][6]
The river was also a barrier to the German invasion on June 22, 1941, during Operation Barbarossa on the South-Western Front.
Tributaries
- Left: Radostavka, Sudylivka, Chornohuzka, Template:Ill, Serna, Liutytsia, Okinka, Richytsia, Zhyduvka, Omelianyk
- Right: Ikva, Slonivka, Pliashivka, Boldurka, Liubka, Rudka, Kormyn, Riv, Konopelka, Sapalayivka
