Sarny

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Sarny (Ukrainian: Сарни, translated as Deer, pl.) is a small city in the Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Sarnensky Raion (district), and is a major railway node on the Slutch River.

The current estimated population is 27,700.

[edit] History

Sarny was a part of the Kingdom of Halych-Volhynia. It was later annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, followed by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. From 1795 it was considered a part of the Russian Empire, as part of the Volyn Guberniya. In 1921, the city became part of Poland. In Poland it was the seat of a Sarny county, firstly in Polesie Voivodeship, then, since 1930 - in Wołyń Voivodeship. In September 1939 Sarny was occupied by Soviet Union. It was further occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941, and again reclaimed by Soviet forces in 1944. Since 1991, it has been a part of Ukraine.

	Administrative divisions of Rivne Oblast, Ukraine
	Raions: Bereznivskyi | Demydivskyi | Dubenskyi | Dubrovytskyi | Hoshchanskyi | Koretskyi | Kostopilskyi | Mlynivskyi | Ostrozkyi | Radyvylivskyi | Rivnenskyi | Rokytnivskyi | Sarnenskyi | Zarichnenskyi | Zdolbunivskyi
	Cities: Berezne | Dubno | Dubrovytsia | Korets | Kostopil | Kuznetsovsk | Ostroh | Radyvyliv | Rivne | Sarny | Zdolbuniv
	Urban-type settlements: Demydivka | Hoshcha | Mlyniv | Rokytne | Sosnove | Tuczyn | Zarichne | more...
	Villages: Mezhirichi | more...