Ustyluh

Ustyluh
City

Igor Stravinsky house in Ustyluh

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Ustyluh
Coordinates: 50°51′36″N 24°09′25″E / 50.86000°N 24.15694°E / 50.86000; 24.15694Coordinates: 50°51′36″N 24°09′25″E / 50.86000°N 24.15694°E / 50.86000; 24.15694
Country Ukraine
Oblast (province) Volyn
Raion (district) Volodymyr-Volynskyi
Government
  Mayor Viktor Polishchuk
Elevation 188 m (617 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 2,205

Ustyluh (Ukrainian: Устилуг, Polish: Uściług, Yiddish: אוסטילע) is a town in Volodymyr-Volynskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated 8 miles west of Volodymyr-Volynskyi.

As of 2013, it had a population of 2,214(2013 est.)[1].

Igor Stravinsky had an estate in Ustyluh and visited it frequently between 1890 and 1914. His mansion is now a museum.

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