Taikury

Taikury Тайкури
Village
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the Rivne Oblast
Coordinates: 50°31′55″N 26°22′15″E / 50.53194°N 26.37083°E / 50.53194; 26.37083Coordinates: 50°31′55″N 26°22′15″E / 50.53194°N 26.37083°E / 50.53194; 26.37083
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Rivne Oblast
Raion	Rivne Raion
Silska Rada	Taikury Silska Rada
Founded	1570
Area
• Total	1.84 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation	253 m (830 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	619
• Density	336/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s)	+380 362

Taikury (Ukrainian: Тайкури) is a village in Rivne Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. As of the year 2001, the community had 619 residents.^[1]

History

The first mention about a village Taikury is dated 1570 by a year. In 1583 a village belonged to I. Shpanovsky, and after wedding of Theodora Shpanovska with Yuri Wyshnewetsky stepped back to the influential princely family of Wyshnewetsky. From 1614 a village got a Magdeburg Law. After a receipt by the small town of Magdeburg Law his population increased notedly, handicraft life came alive. At the beginning of the 18th century Taikury passed to the family of Peplovsky.

The village is mentioned in Kresowa księga sprawiedliwych on page 107.

Architectural sights

• Castle (ruins), 16th-17th century
• Church of St. Lawrence, 1710 (Baroque)
• Church of the Intercession, 1730

References

1. ↑ Registration card on the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)

External links

• Terletsky J. Holy Jury — a symbol of the village Taykury / J. Terletsky // Rivne evening. — 2000. — № 12 (3 February). — P. 3 (in Ukrainian)
• Castles and churches of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
• Weather in the Horodok (in Ukrainian)