Styr
{{Short description|River in Eastern Europe; tributary of the Pripyat}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Styr
| native_name = {{native name list |tag1=uk|name1=Стир |tag2=be|name2=Стыр}}
| image = Река Стырь в Кузнецовске летом.JPG
| image_caption = Styr near Varash
| map = Styr (rivière).png
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 6
| source1_location = Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
| mouth = Pripyat
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|52.1076|N|26.5829|E|source:kolossus-dewiki|display=it}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Ukraine, Belarus
| length = {{convert|494|km|abbr=on}}
| source1_elevation =
| discharge1_avg =
| basin_size = {{convert|13,100|km2|abbr=on}}
| progression = {{RPripyat}}
| extra =
}}
The Styr ({{Langx|uk|Стир}}; {{Langx|be|Стыр}}; {{Langx|ru|Стырь}}) is a right tributary of the Pripyat, with a length of {{convert|494|km}}. Its basin area is {{convert|13,100|km2}} and located in the historical region of Volhynia.{{cite book|url=http://www.kmf.uz.ua/hun114/images/konyvek/Izsak_Tibor_Ukrajna%20termeszeti_foldrajza.pdf|title=Ukrajna természeti földrajza|pages=95| author=Izsák Tibor|publisher=II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola|year=2007|accessdate=2019-04-20|language=hu}}{{cite web|url=http://okt.kmf.uz.ua/ftt/oktat-ftt/Foldrajz_szak/Ukrajna_termeszeti_fodrajza/szotarukrfoldr.pdf|title=NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz|publisher=II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola|accessdate=2019-04-20|language=hu}}{{cite web|url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article107181.html|title=Стырь|publisher=Большая Советская Энциклопедия|accessdate=2019-04-20|language=ru}}
The Styr begins near Brody, Lviv Oblast, then flows into Rivne Oblast, Volyn Oblast, then into Brest Region of Belarus where it finally flows into the Pripyat.
Notable settlements located on the river are Lutsk, Staryi Chortoryisk and Varash.
History
During the Khmelnytskyi Uprising, the Battle of Berestechko took place in 1651 on the river between armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossacks of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.{{cite book|author=Hrushevsky, M.|year=2004|series=History of Ukraine-Rus|volume= Nine, Book One|title=The Cossack Age, 1650–1653|location=Toronto|publisher= Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies|isbn=1895571227|pages= 304–305}}
During 1915–1916, the Styr river was the front line between the Austro-Hungarian and Imperial Russian armies.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MELYAgAAQBAJ|title=From Warsaw, Through Łuck, Siberia, and Back to Warsaw|author=Marian Feldman|author-link1=Marian Feldman|publisher=Lulu Inc|year=2009|pages=32|isbn=9780557093731}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rW2ZCwAAQBAJ|chapter=XXIII|title=The Story of the Great War, Volume 4: The World War|publisher=VM eBooks|year=2016|author=Churchill, Miller, and Reynolds}}
The river was also a barrier to the German invasion on June 22, 1941, during Operation Barbarossa on the South-Western Front.
Tributaries
- Left: Radostavka, Sudylivka, Chornohuzka, {{ill|Lypa (river)|lt=Lypa|uk|Липа (річка)}}, Serna, Liutytsia, Okinka, Richytsia, Zhyduvka, Omelianyk
- Right: Ikva, Slonivka, Pliashivka, Boldurka, Liubka, Rudka, Kormyn, Riv, Konopelka, Sapalayivka
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References
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Category:International rivers of Europe
Category:Rivers of Brest region
Category:Rivers of Lviv Oblast