The industrial Galician city of Burshtyn is located in the floodplain of the Hnyla Lypa River, among the low hills of the ethnographic region of Opillya, between Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv, 20 kilometers northwest of Rohatyn.
In the middle of the 15th century, there was a settlement of Nove Selo at this place. In 1554, it became the property of the Galician elder Mikolay Synyavskyi, received the status of a small town and its current name. According to local experts, the name Burshtyn is not related to the gem of the same name (amber), but arose during the construction of a local castle by German builders, who called it "burg stein", i.e. "stone castle".
In 1774, the Church of the Holy Trinity was built for the monastic order of the Trinitarians (now it bel ...
Halych District Liberation Struggles Museum
Museum / gallery
The Museum of Liberation Struggles of Halych District in Burshtyn is located in the premises of the "Prometheus" Palace of Culture. It was started in 1996 by the Brotherhood of the OUN-UPA of Halych district station and the Society of political prisoners and repressed people of Halych district.
The exposition presents materials about the events of the Second World War in the territory of the region, outstanding figures of fighters for the freedom of Ukraine, the work of the local intelligentsia of those times. You can see models of hideouts in which UPA soldiers hid, some types of weapons used in those times, maps of combat operations.
Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Berehynya"
Museum / gallery
Historical and ethnographic museum "Berehynya" in Burshtyn was founded in 1987 on the initiative of Tamara Husar, a teacher of the Burshtyn Energy College. The exposition is located in the assembly hall of the college dormitory.
The museum collection includes more than 1,500 exhibits - mostly ethnographic and archaeological materials.
The archaeological section presents materials from excavations in the vicinity of Burshtyn: stone axes, bones of extinct animals, etc. The collection of Opillya embroidery includes about 250 towels and 160 shirts. The section "Opillya housing" presents the interior of a village room and storeroom filled with tools, household items, furniture and old clothes. The next section introduces the history of the region from Ancent Rus times to the Second World War.
Administrative status | city |
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Founded / first mentioned | 1554 |
Latitude | 49.26149 |
Longitude | 24.6244 |
Area, sq. km | 32.71 |
Population | 15151 |
Postal codes | 77111 |
Region | Ivano-Frankivsk |