The village of Khorosno is located 20 kilometers south of Lviv, next to the highway M-06 Kyiv – Chop. Administratively, it is part of the Solonka community of Lviv district.
For the first time, the village of Khorosno was mentioned in a deed of 1384 as the property of the Polish kings. Its name probably comes from the Polish word chróst, that is, sickness.
Since 1564, Khorosno belonged to the magnate Martyn Kupat, in the 18th century it was part of the possessions of the Potocki family. In the 18th century, German colonists founded the village of Nove Khorosno – an old German cemetery has been preserved on the western edge of the village.
Built in 1895, the wooden church of the Communion of the Most Holy Virgin Mary burned down in 1998 under unk ...
Lost Planes Museum
Museum / gallery
The privat museum of lost planes opened in the village of Khorosno near Lviv in 2020. The unusual exposition was created by Lviv researcher and traveler Andriy Ryshtun.
In the museum explosion, the wreckage of 12 aircraft from the Second World War, found by the researcher on the territory of Western Ukraine, is presented. These are mostly German and Soviet planes. Among them: Ju-52, Ju-88, He-111, Fw-190, MiG-3, Il-2, ANT-40 (SB), DB-3A, A-20 Boston, P-39 Airacobra, Yak-9, Il-4 and others.
The central place in the museum pavilion is occupied by the BMW 132 aircraft engine from the German Junkers Ju-52 military transport aircraft, which crashed in the Carpathians near the city of Dolyna. In the stands around, other parts of the planes and fragments of their equipment are presented, in particular, an oxygen cylinder, elements of the parachute system, etc.
A model of an airplane assembled from found fragments of all 12 lost airplanes is installed in the museum yard.
Administrative status | village |
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Founded / first mentioned | 1384 |
Latitude | 49.64587 |
Longitude | 23.97457 |
Area, sq. km | 2.11 |
Population | 394 |
Postal codes | 81164 |
Region | Lviv |