Mlyniv (Mlynivs’kyy Rayon)
Mlyniv (Млинів; Młynów) is an urban-type settlement in Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Mlyniv was also formerly the administrative center of Mlyniv Raion, housing the district's local administration buildings, although it is now administrated under Dubno Raion. Its population was 8,446 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. The current population is
The settlement is located on the banks of the Ikva River, a tributary of the Styr. It acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1959 in Soviet Ukraine.
The settlement has a long history. Archaeological excavations confirm that its territory was populated at least since the first millennium BCE. At its northern outskirts on the right bank of the river Ikva, traces of a flint tool shop and remnants of the old Ruthenian settlement of Muravytsia, mentioned in chronicles from 1149, were discovered.
Mlyniv itself was first mentioned when Grand Duke Alexander Jagiellon gave it away to someone by the name of Bobr sometime in beginning of 16th century. In 1508 it became a private property of the governor of Kremenets, Montaut. Because the settlement's ownership changed often, it suffered greatly due to an increase in exploitation and the implementation of higher taxes and dues. In 1566 the Volhynian Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania was formed, and the settlement became a part of it. In 1568 Prince Holovnia-Ostrzozecki attacked and robbed the village. After the 1569 Union of Lublin, the Volhynian Voivodeship became part of the Crown of Poland. By the 17th century population of the settlement was no higher than 300 people.
During the Khmelnytskyi Uprising, the settlement supported the rebelling Cossacks. In spring of 1648 the insurgents destroyed the neighboring mansion of Muravytsia. The struggle against the Crown of Poland did not stop with signing of the Muscovite–Polish treaty of Andrusovo. At the time of The Ruin, Ukrainian poet and important public figure Danylo Bratkovsky lived in Mlyniv; he supported the armed uprising of Semen Paliy (see Paliy uprising) and sought unification of all of Ukraine on both banks of the Dnieper River. Bratkovsky wrote an official statement to the people with a call to stand against the efforts of Jesuits and Uniates (Ruthenian Uniate Church).
After extinguishing the peasant revolts, the new owner of the settlement, Prince Chodkiewicz, built a new palace and kościół (Roman Catholic church). In Soviet, Russian and later Ukrainian historiography, the term kościół is used to emphasize a policy of Polonization and Catholization.
It was granted Magdeburg rights by the Polish king in 1789, before the Second Partition of Poland. In 1792 the settlement was visited by Polish national hero Tadeusz Kościuszko. Following the partition of Poland, in 1795 Mlyniv was included at first to the Volhynian Viceroyalty and in two years to Dubno County of the Podolia Governorate. After 1804 it was made part of the Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire.
The settlement is located on the banks of the Ikva River, a tributary of the Styr. It acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1959 in Soviet Ukraine.
The settlement has a long history. Archaeological excavations confirm that its territory was populated at least since the first millennium BCE. At its northern outskirts on the right bank of the river Ikva, traces of a flint tool shop and remnants of the old Ruthenian settlement of Muravytsia, mentioned in chronicles from 1149, were discovered.
Mlyniv itself was first mentioned when Grand Duke Alexander Jagiellon gave it away to someone by the name of Bobr sometime in beginning of 16th century. In 1508 it became a private property of the governor of Kremenets, Montaut. Because the settlement's ownership changed often, it suffered greatly due to an increase in exploitation and the implementation of higher taxes and dues. In 1566 the Volhynian Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania was formed, and the settlement became a part of it. In 1568 Prince Holovnia-Ostrzozecki attacked and robbed the village. After the 1569 Union of Lublin, the Volhynian Voivodeship became part of the Crown of Poland. By the 17th century population of the settlement was no higher than 300 people.
During the Khmelnytskyi Uprising, the settlement supported the rebelling Cossacks. In spring of 1648 the insurgents destroyed the neighboring mansion of Muravytsia. The struggle against the Crown of Poland did not stop with signing of the Muscovite–Polish treaty of Andrusovo. At the time of The Ruin, Ukrainian poet and important public figure Danylo Bratkovsky lived in Mlyniv; he supported the armed uprising of Semen Paliy (see Paliy uprising) and sought unification of all of Ukraine on both banks of the Dnieper River. Bratkovsky wrote an official statement to the people with a call to stand against the efforts of Jesuits and Uniates (Ruthenian Uniate Church).
After extinguishing the peasant revolts, the new owner of the settlement, Prince Chodkiewicz, built a new palace and kościół (Roman Catholic church). In Soviet, Russian and later Ukrainian historiography, the term kościół is used to emphasize a policy of Polonization and Catholization.
It was granted Magdeburg rights by the Polish king in 1789, before the Second Partition of Poland. In 1792 the settlement was visited by Polish national hero Tadeusz Kościuszko. Following the partition of Poland, in 1795 Mlyniv was included at first to the Volhynian Viceroyalty and in two years to Dubno County of the Podolia Governorate. After 1804 it was made part of the Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire.
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During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional powers and was ultimately destroyed by the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. The area was then contested, divided, and ruled by a variety of external powers for the next 600 years, including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Tsardom of Russia. The Cossack Hetmanate emerged in central Ukraine in the 17th century, but was partitioned between Russia and Poland, and ultimately absorbed by the Russian Empire. Ukrainian nationalism developed, and following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic was formed. The Bolsheviks consolidated control over much of the former empire and established the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union when it was formed in 1922. In the early 1930s, millions of Ukrainians died in the Holodomor, a man-made famine. During World War II, Ukraine was devastated by the German occupation.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| UAH | Ukrainian hryvnia | â‚´ | 2 |
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| HU | Hungarian language |
| PL | Polish language |
| RU | Russian language |
| UK | Ukrainian language |