Khyriv

Coordinates: 49°32′N 22°51′E / 49.533°N 22.850°E / 49.533; 22.850
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Khyriv
Хи́рів
Chyrów
Central Khyriv
Central Khyriv
Ukrainian: Хирівська)
Websitehyrivska-gromada.gov.ua

Khyriv (Ukrainian: Хи́рів, Polish: Chyrów) is a small city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine with a population of around 4,104 (2022 estimate).[1] It hosts the administration of Khyriv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2]

Jesuit
college, where they were stationed in 1919

It became known principally for the celebrated eponymous Jesuit secondary boys school founded there in 1886. The institution, which produced 6,000 alumni during its existence, ceased all activity when the then Polish town fell to Soviet forces in 1939.[3]

Khyriv was first mentioned in documents from 1374. At that time it was the private property of the

Roman Catholic church was founded there by Andrzej Tarło. The wooden church probably burned down during the Great Northern War, and in 1710, it was replaced by a brick structure. In 1740, a synagogue opened in the town.[4]

For over 400 years Chyrów belonged to

By 1913 the population of Chyrów was 3,400.

During the

Lwow Voivodeship. With the outbreak of the Second World War, caused by the invasion of Poland, the Red Army occupied the entire region in September 1939 until 1941, when it was seized by the German Wehrmacht until 1943, before being re-taken by forces of the Soviet Union. From 1944, the town and its surroundings was annexed by the USSR. With the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1991, the town came under the jurisdiction of present-day Ukraine
.

Until 18 July 2020, Khyriv belonged to Staryi Sambir Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Staryi Sambir Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.[5][6]

Gallery

  • The former Jesuit College in Khyriv before severe fire damage in 2018
    The former Jesuit College in Khyriv before severe fire damage in 2018
  • Town hall (2017)
    Town hall (2017)
  • Train station
    Train station
  • Church of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God
    Church of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God
  • Church of St. Lawrence (2017)
    Church of St. Lawrence (2017)

References

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Хиривская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. ^ .
  4. ^ "Chyrów | Virtual Shtetl".
  5. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
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