Velykyj Bukryn
| Velykyj Bukryn | |||
| Великий Букрин | |||
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| Oblast : | Kiev Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Myronivka Raion | ||
| Height : | 112 m | ||
| Area : | 11.35 km² | ||
| Residents : | 102 (2001) | ||
| Population density : | 9 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 08810 | ||
| Area code : | +380 4574 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 57 ' N , 31 ° 19' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 3222984002 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 1 village | ||
| Address: | вул. Ватутіна 39 08 810 с. Малий Букрин |
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| Website : | City council website | ||
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Welykyj Bukryn ( Ukrainian Великий Букрин ; Russian Великий Букрин Veliki Bukrin ) is a village in the south of the Ukrainian Oblast of Kiev with about 100 inhabitants (2001).
The village, founded in 1600, belongs administratively to the 39.3 km² district council municipality Malyj Bukryn ( Малий Букрин ) in the north of Myroniwka Rajon .
The village is located on the border with Cherkasy Oblast on a peninsula in the Dnepr , which is dammed up to the Kaniv reservoir , 5 km north of the Maly Bukryn community center, about 50 km northeast of the Myronivka district center and about 120 km south of the Ukrainian capital Kiev .
At Velykyj Bukryn the troops of the Voronezh Front built the contested Bukrin bridgehead on the right Dneprufer in autumn 1943 during the Battle of the Dnieper. In the neighboring village of Balyko-Shchuchynka there is the “National Museum-Memorial Bukrin Bridgehead ” ( Національний музей-меморіальний комплекс «Букринський плацда ) to commemorate the fighting .
Web links
- Soviet-Ukrainian Bukryn and almost Cossack - Trachtemyriw : travelogues on the right bank of the Dnieper (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b local website on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada ; accessed on May 28, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Website of the district council ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada; accessed on May 28, 2018 (Ukrainian)
