Stryi
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Stryi (Ukrainian: Стрий, Polish: Stryj, also known as Stryy, Stryia and Stry) is a city located on the left bank of the Stryi River in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine (in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains). Serving as the administrative center of the Stryisky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.
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[edit] Population
- 1843 - 8,000 inhabitants
- 1880 - 12,600 inhabitants
- 1900 - 23,200 inhabitants
- 1910 - 30,900 inhabitants
- 1931 - 30,900 inhabitants
- 1959 - 36,200 inhabitants
- 1970 - 48,000 inhabitants
- 1976 - 55,000 inhabitants
- 1989 - 67,000 inhabitants
- 2001 - 63,000 inhabitants
[edit] Name
Most likely the city got its name from the name of the river of Stryi, one of the tributaries of Dniester. Obviously, the name of the river is older than the city that was founded later.
Stryi, as a name of river is a very old name and means "stream". Its etymology stems from an Indo-European root *sreu. Words that have the same root can be found in modern Ukrainian - ñòðóì, ñòðóÿ, Polish - struga, strumien, Irish (Celtic) - sruami, German - stromm, Persian - struth (river), Hindu - sravati (to flow), Latvian - straume, Lithuanian - sriatas, strautas (stream, the thing that flows) and several other languages.
In different times the name was written differently, although it has always sounded the same. In various old documents we can find such names: Stryg, Stry, Stryj, Strig, Strigenses, Stryi, Strey, Striig, Strya, Sthryensis, Sthrya, Stryei, Stri. The inhabitants take pride in the fact that the city has managed to keep its original name over time.
[edit] History
Stryi was mentioned for the first time in 1385.
In 1431 was given the Magdeburg Rights, Ruthenian Voivodeship (from 1431-1772, Poland ).
Its geographical location had a positive influence on its development and growth.
It became a flourishing trade center from the 15th to 16th century due to support from the Polish king Jan III Sobieski, but declined in the 17th century.
There was a big castle in the city that was demolished in the 19th century.
Stryi passed to Austria in 1772, to Poland in 1919, and to Ukraine in 1939.
Its population consisted of roughly equal proportions of Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians.
During the Cold War it was home to Stryy air base.
[edit] Famous people
People born in Stryi who are famous:
- Kazimierz Nowak (1897–1937), polish traveller
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