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18-455: Zhydachiv lies on the Stryi River . It has two schools and one Ukrainian gymnasium. The city has historically had numerous name variants, reflecting its complex past, including Polish : Żydaczów and Yiddish : זידיטשוב , romanized :  Zidichov, Zhidetshoyv . It was mentioned for the first time in 1164 under the name Udech . In documents from the 14th to 17th centuries, the city

36-564: A ghetto . In September 1942, they were deported to the Bełżec extermination camp and murdered. After World War II , the city was incorporated into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , and from that time started a process of industrialization. In 1951, Zhydachiv become a home of Ukraine's largest pulp and paper mill, which produces 90% of Ukrainian paper. The population has increased fivefold. After 1991, Zhydachiv has been

54-407: A Market Square and a wooden Town Hall. King Wladyslaw Jagiello granted in 1393 Magdeburg rights and several privileges, also founding a Roman Catholic church. Zhydachiv for centuries remained in private hands, among others it belonged to the noble Rzewuski family , had a defensive castle and was the seat of a starosta . In the middle of the 17th century, population of Zhydachiv participated in

72-658: A catchment area above and in the foothills of the Eastern Beskids range of the Carpathian Mountains close to the village of Mokhnate, flowing down the East facing flank of the range. From here it begins to grow, being joined by many tributaries on its way North, before flowing into a series of twists and turns through gorges. It exits the hills reaching a flat area around Turka , where there was an attempt at hydro electric generation and flood control. The river meanders through

90-597: A city in independent Ukraine as the center of the Zhydachiv Raion in Lviv Oblast . Until 18 July 2020, Zhydachiv was the administrative center of Zhydachiv Raion . The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Zhydachiv Raion was merged into Stryi Raion. Distribution of the population by native language according to

108-436: A consequence the river bed is mostly medium-sized rounded rocks and pebbles with islands of sand and rounded gravels in midstream in the middle and lower tracts. The river is a popular destination for canoeing as it has many rapids in the upper tracts, as well as areas of beauty along its lower course. The river is noted for its quick and massive increases in both flow volume and speed during rain, which often cause bridges and

126-530: A main shopping area of the ancient Rus' city. In the mid-14th century, Zhydachiv, together with all of Galicia, was seized by the Kingdom of Poland , then some time became a part of the Kingdom of Hungary and in 1387 again conquered by Jadwiga of Poland . From 1434 Zhydachiv, was part of Poland's Ruthenian Voivodeship . By the end of 14th century, there were two castles, four Orthodox churches, one Roman Catholic church,

144-564: A point on the Stryi River." 2001 Ukrainian census The 2001 Ukrainian census is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine . It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. The next Ukrainian census was planned to be held in 2011 but has been repeatedly postponed. The total population recorded in 2001

162-520: The 2001 census : Stryi River The Stryi ( Ukrainian : Стрий ) is a river in western Ukraine. It starts in the Carpathian Mountains and snakes through the mountains running for 231 kilometres (144 mi). After 193 kilometres (120 mi) it passes Stryi . The river continues for another 32 kilometres (20 mi) before joining the Dniester near Khodoriv . The river starts in

180-657: The Khmelnytsky Uprising also known as the liberation war led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky. In 1772, it was seized by the Habsburg Empire , as part of Austrian Galicia and in 1800 a Jewish rabbinical School was established. From 1 November 1918 until May 1919, it was administered by the West Ukrainian People's Republic . After the Polish–Ukrainian War , Zhydachiv became a part of Second Polish Republic and

198-596: The area, known as the Stryi Depression, are arranged in three main layers. The river follows a natural fault line and is around an average of 60 feet wide, but is shallow at only an average of 10 feet deep in summer until its lower tracts where it reaches depths of 20 feet or more. The three layers of rocks types give the Stryi its unique form, in the upper tracts it flows through several areas of hard dense rocks and in between these through softer shales and alluvial deposits. As

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216-638: The first world war. According to the New York Times Current History and Forum periodical, the river was at the edge of an area the Russian army was using to prevent the Austrian forces advance. "It was noted last week that the Russian line formed a huge crescent, the longer arc of which (and this was the Carpathian front) extended from Bartfeld north, then east along the Carpathian crests, north of Uzsok to

234-599: The hills to Pidhorodci where it meets another main tributary the Opir at Nyzhnye Synievydne. From here it begins to straighten, 3.5 km south east of the town, at the start of the Stryi valley where it flows in an almost straight line past Duliby and Stryi and on to Zhydachiv . Here the river reaches a flat area and meanders wildly meeting the Dniester on the Eastern side of the Zhydachiv town causing many oxbow lakes . The rocks in

252-479: The mount "Zamok" ("Castle"). Since then (13th century) comes famous miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary that still remains in the city. Between this two fortifications were also mentioned are six unfortified settlements, which were also included in the structure of the city. Between the two Fortifications on the old river bed (district Korablyshche) most likely was located a river harbor, and the district Bologna may be

270-633: The present time there are no current plans to re-introduce their use. The name derives from the Scythian word "Str", meaning fast. Where the Opir and Stryi meet, there is a legend that the Ukrainian "Robin Hood", Oleksa Dovbush was wounded, and his blood stained the riverbank causing the red rocks that can be seen there today. The Stryi was used as a northern barrier for the Russian Carpathian Front during

288-559: The river itself to be impassable. This results in flooded roads and train lines which, in these mountainous areas, tend to be close to the river. This has quite an effect on transportation, even causing the halt of the Russian forces in the first world war on 8 July 1917 as they tried to drive the Germans from the Austro-Hungarian army out of the region. There have been attempts to use the river for generating Hydro-electric power, but at

306-521: Was referred to as Zudech, Zudachiv, Sudachiv, Zidachiv, Sidachiv, Zudechev and more. The first written mention of the city dates from the year 1164. At that time the city was part of Galician Rus' and was an important trade center at the confluence of the river Stryi in Dniester with a stone church of St. Nicholas. Then called Udech, Zhydachiv formed from two settlements located at a distance of 800 m from each other. Great western fort occupied territory of present-day mount "Bazyivka" and east fort lies in

324-628: Was the seat of a county in Stanislawow Voivodeship . In 1929, the population of Zhydachiv was almost 4,200 including 1,960 Ukrainians, 1,290 Poles and a quarter of the total population (950 members) were the Jews. In September 1939, Zhydachiv was occupied by the Red Army . Soviet authorities deported the Polish residents to Siberia . When the Germans occupied the town in 1941–1944, they kept Jews imprisoned in

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