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27-503: At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas : The Halych Raion was organized on 20 January 1940, soon after the Soviet invasion of Poland, roughly from the Rohatyn and Stanisławów powiats of Stanisławów Voivodeship . From 1944 to 1962 the administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Burshtyn . In 1963 the territory of Bilshivtsi Raion (1940–1963)

54-1018: A -, contradict Abaev's hypothesis. Edward Gibbon refers to the river both as the Niester and Dniester in his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire . In Ukrainian , it is known as Дністе́р ( translit. Dnister ), in Romanian as Nistru , in Russian as Днестр ( translit. Dnestr ), in Polish as Dniestr , in Yiddish as Nester נעסטער; in Turkish as Turla ( Ottoman Turkish : طورلا ، طورله ), and in Lithuanian as Dniestras . The Dniester rises in Ukraine , near

81-662: A system of defense structures, and various other historical artifacts of the ancient Ruthenian capital. Halych was the administrative center of the raion. The raion had a single urban-type settlement of Bilshivtsi that was established in 1940 after the annexation of the former Polish territory to the Soviet Union. The village of Slobidka Bilshivetska was subordinated directly to the settlement. The rest of settlements were rural and amount to 68 that were arranged into 38 rural municipalities (or communes for disambiguation purpose) that were governed by rural councils. The population of

108-516: Is " community ", similar to the terms used in western European states, such as Germany ( Gemeinde ), France ( commune ), Italy ( comune ), and Portugal ( freguesia ), or in several English-speaking countries ( township ). In total, there are 1469 hromadas (as of 1 October 2023), including: Prior to 2020, the basic units of administrative division in Ukraine were rural councils, settlement councils and city councils, which were often referred to by

135-566: Is located in a city ; settlement hromada if it is located in a settlement ( selyshche ), and rural hromada if it is located in a village ( selo ) or another rural settlement. Territories of hromadas (which, in turn, are divided into 7744 starosta okruhs (elderships)) form raions (districts) and several raions form oblasts (regions). Similar terms exist in Poland ( gromada ) and in Belarus ( hramada ). The literal translation of this term

162-853: The Dniester Liman . Along the lower half of the Dniester, the western bank is high and hilly while the eastern one is low and flat. The river represents the de facto end of the Eurasian Steppe . Its most important tributaries are Răut and Bîc . During the Neolithic , the Dniester River was the centre of one of the most advanced civilizations on earth at the time. The Cucuteni–Trypillian culture flourished in this area from roughly 5300 to 2600 BC, leaving behind thousands of archeological sites. Their settlements had up to 15,000 inhabitants, making them among

189-702: The Government of Ukraine approved the territories and administrative centers of the hromadas, which cover settlements in all regions of Ukraine except for Crimea . A total of 1470 hromadas were approved. On 12 August 2020 the Sokoliv hromada of the Cherkasy Oblast became a part of the Zhashkiv hromada. Thus, there were 1469 hromadas. Each hromada carries out two types of task: own and commissioned. Own tasks are public tasks exercised by self-government, which serve to satisfy

216-702: The Soviet Union . In 1919, on Easter Sunday , the bridge was blown up by the French Army to protect Bender from the Bolsheviks . During World War II, German and Romanian forces battled Soviet troops on the western bank of the river. After the Republic of Moldova declared its independence in 1991, the small area to the east of the Dniester that had been part of the Moldavian SSR refused to participate and declared itself

243-680: The Black Sea shore. The navigation near the western shore of Black Sea contained stops at Aspron (at the mouth of Dniester), then Conopa, Constantia (localities today in Romania ) and Messembria (today in Bulgaria). From the 14th century to 1812, part of the Dniester formed the eastern boundary of the Principality of Moldavia . Between the World Wars, the Dniester formed part of the boundary between Romania and

270-708: The Ister (lower Danube ), and formed part of the boundary between Dacia and Sarmatia. It fell into the Pontus Euxinus to the northeast of the mouth of the Ister, the distance between them being 900 stadia – approximately 210 km (130 mi) – according to Strabo (vii.), while 210 km (130 mi) (from the Pseudostoma ) according to Pliny (iv. 12. s. 26). Scymnus (Fr. 51) describes it as of easy navigation, and abounding in fish. Ovid ( ex Pont. iv.10.50) speaks of its rapid course. Greek authors referred to

297-685: The King Danylo Halytsky , while the destroyed Halych with the surrounding settlement was left as the bishop residence. Around this period the area was under series of conflicts involving the struggle between the Ruthenian factions as well as Kingdom of Poland , Kingdom of Hungary , Grand Duchy of Lithuania , and Golden Horde . In the 13th century the Halych Principality as part of the Ruthenian (Rus) Kingdom stretched from Przemyśl to Podolia , form Mukacheve to Terebovl , and from Busk to

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324-862: The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, or Transnistria , with its capital at Tiraspol on the river. In Moldova, the Dniester Day ( Romanian : Ziua Nistrului ) is celebrated every year in the last Sunday of May. From source to mouth, right tributaries , i.e. on the southwest side, are the Stryi (231 km or 144 mi), Svicha  [ uk ] (107 km or 66 mi), Limnytsia  [ de ] (122 km or 76 mi), Bystrytsia (101 km), Răut (283 km or 176 mi), Ichel  [ ro ] (101 km or 63 mi), Bîc (155 km or 96 mi), and Botna (152 km or 94 mi). Left tributaries, on

351-711: The Ruthenian-Polish relationships which after short conflict ended the sovereignty of the Ruthenian Kingdom and the Halych Principality was annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1349. The partition of the Ruthenian Kingdom ensued the Galicia–Volhynia Wars as both Lithuania and Polish states fought for their expansion east. The new town of Halych was soon re-established in close proximity to the bishop's residence, receiving its Magdeburg Rights in 1367. Later its new castle

378-594: The Southern Bucovina . By the end of the 13th century the Kingdom went into a heavy conflict with Lithuania, Poland, and Hungary with partial successes and failures. Upon the death of Lev I of Galicia the whole Kingdom went into decline due to a civil war. In 1323 the fall of the Polish-Ruthenian coalition against the Lithuanians the local boyars installed Boleslaw-Yuri II of Galicia . That move only strained

405-548: The city of Turka , close to the border with Poland, and flows toward the Black Sea . Its course marks part of the border of Ukraine and Moldova , after which it flows through Moldova for 398 kilometres (247 mi), separating the main territory of Moldova from its breakaway region Transnistria . It later forms an additional part of the Moldova-Ukraine border, then flows through Ukraine to the Black Sea, where its estuary forms

432-532: The first large farming communities in the world. In antiquity, the river was considered one of the principal rivers of European Sarmatia , and it was mentioned by many Classical geographers and historians. According to Herodotus (iv.51) it rose in a large lake, whilst Ptolemy (iii.5.17, 8.1 &c.) places its sources in Mount Carpates (the modern Carpathian Mountains ), and Strabo (ii) says that they are unknown. It ran in an easterly direction parallel with

459-502: The generic term hromada . The Constitution of Ukraine and some other laws, including the "Law on local self-governance", delegate certain rights and obligations for hromadas. Types of hromadas include cities, urban-type settlements , rural settlements , and villages. In his draft constitutional amendments of June 2014, President Petro Poroshenko proposed changing the administrative divisions of Ukraine , which he felt should include oblasts , raions and hromadas. On 12 June 2020

486-721: The needs of the community. The tasks can be twofold: Own high objectives include matters such as spatial harmony, real estate management, environmental protection and nature conservation, water management , country roads, public streets, bridges, squares and traffic systems, water supply systems and source, the sewage system, removal of urban waste, water treatment, maintenance of cleanliness and order, sanitary facilities, dumps and council waste, supply of electric and thermal energy and gas, public transport, health care, welfare, care homes, subsidised housing, public education, cultural facilities including public libraries and other cultural institutions, historic monuments conservation and protection,

513-588: The opposite meaning, "the river on the far side".) Alternatively, according to Vasily Abaev Dniester would be a blend of Scythian dānu "river" and Thracian Ister , the previous name of the river, literally Dān-Ister (River Ister). The Ancient Greek name of Dniester, Tyras (Τύρας), is from Scythian tūra , meaning "rapid." The names of the Don and Danube are also from the same Indo-Iranian word *dānu "river". Classical authors have also referred to it as Danaster. These early forms, without - i - but with -

540-494: The raion was provided by the Dniester River . Hromada A hromada ( Ukrainian : територіальна громада , romanized :  terytorialna hromada , lit.   'territorial community') is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine , similar to a municipality . It was established by the Government of Ukraine on 12 June 2020. A hromada is designated urban hromada if its administration

567-626: The river as Tyras ( Greek : ὁ Τύρας ). At a later period it obtained the name of Danastris or Danastus , whence its modern name of Dniester (Niester), though the Turks still called it Turla during the 19th century. The form Τύρις is sometimes found. According to Constantine VII , the Varangians used boats on their trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks , along Dniester and Dnieper and along

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594-480: The self-government initiatives and cooperation within the commune including with non-governmental organizations, interaction with regional communities from other countries, etc. Commissioned tasks cover the remaining public tasks resulting from legitimate needs of the state, commissioned by central government for the units of local government to implement. The tasks are handed over on the basis of statutory by-laws, charters and regulations, or by way of agreements between

621-611: The self-government units and central-government administration. Dniester River The Dniester ( / ˈ n iː s t ər / NEE -stər ) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe . It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria ), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again. The name Dniester derives from Sarmatian dānu nazdya "the close river." (The Dnieper , also of Sarmatian origin, derives from

648-453: The sports facilities and tourism including recreational grounds and devices, marketplaces and covered markets, green spaces and public parks, communal graveyards, public order and safety, fire and flood protection with equipment maintenance and storage, maintaining objects and devices of the public utility and administrative buildings, pro-family policy including social support for pregnant women, medical and legal care, supporting and popularising

675-589: The whole raion was 65,640 with only 23,842 considered to be living in urban areas. The major river that flowed through the raion is the Dniester . The Raion was located in the north of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast . It bordered with Tysmenytsia Raion in the south, Kalush Raion to the west, north of it there was Rohatyn Raion , and east of the Halych Raion laid Ternopil Oblast . The major water supply for

702-460: Was brought under Halych administration. In 1993 Burshtyn received back its city status which it lost in 1942. The later administrative center, the city of Halych , has long history. Prior to the mid-13th century it was the center of the once prominent Halych-Volyn Principality . In 1241 the city of Halych was destroyed during the Mongol invasion therefore the state capital was transferred to Kholm by

729-624: Was built sometime in the 16th century. By this time the area of the modern Halych Raion lost its importance and the town of Halych has become as any other small Polish towns. According to the declaration of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 8 February 1994, and the Presidential Order of 11 October 1994, the National preserve Ancient Halych was created in place of the old Halych (near the village of Krylos). The preserve includes numerous churches,

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