Pustomyty

This article is about the city in western Ukraine, for information on the villages of the same name in Ukraine, see Pustomyty (Hoschtscha) and Pustomyty (Horochiw) .

Pustomyty
Пустомити
	Pustomyty
Basic data
Oblast :	Lviv Oblast
Rajon :	Pustomyty Raion
Height :	282 m
Area :	11.27 km²
Residents :	9,762 (2004)
Population density :	866 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	81100
Area code :	+380 3230
Geographic location :	49 ° 43 '  N , 23 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '0 "  N , 23 ° 54' 25"  E
KOATUU :	4623610100
Administrative structure :	1 city, 1 village
Mayor :	Volodymyr Kardash
Address:	вул. М. Грушевського 60 81 100 м. Пустомити
Statistical information
Pustomyty

Pustomyty (Ukrainian Пустомити ; Russian Пустомыты , Polish Pustomyty ) is a city in western Ukraine with around 10,000 inhabitants (2004). The city is the administrative center of the Rajon Pustomyty and is located about 14 kilometers southwest of the Oblast capital Lviv on the river Stavchanka (Ставчанка).

Church in place

The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1441, but only received city rights in 1988 ( urban-type settlement since 1958). In the village, which was located in Galicia , Austria until 1918, many lime kilns were built from 1870 onwards due to the development of the limestone deposits in the area.After the construction of the railway from Lemberg to Stryj in 1873, the village also got a railway connection and there was strong economic growth in the small village . After the end of the First World War, the place came to Poland , was briefly occupied by the Soviet Union during World War II and then by Germany until 1944 . During the Second World War, the National Socialists set up a concentration camp near the town.

After the end of the war, the city was added to the Soviet Union , where the city became part of the Ukrainian SSR and has been part of today's Ukraine since 1991.

The township also includes the village of Nawarija , located north of the city ; after the Second World War, the northern village of Hlynna (Глинна, Polish Glinna ) was incorporated, and in 1988 the southwestern village of Lisnewytschi (Лісневичі, Polish Leśniowice ) was added.

Personalities

• Volodymyr Sternjuk (1907–1997), auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Web links

Commons : Pustomyty  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry on the place in the Encyclopedia of the History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Президія Верховної Ради УРСР; Указ від 09.03.1988 № 5542-XI Про віднесення селища міського типу Пустомити Львівської облассті імі каїрд пнегорті