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Burshtyn (English: amber) is a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Western Ukraine, with a population of 14,700 as of January 2004. It was a very fast growing town during the Soviet regime. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (Івано-Франківська область, Ivano-Frankivs’ka oblast’ or Івано-Франківщина, Ivano-Frankivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast of Ukraine. ... The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: (СССР)   listen?; tr. ...


It was granted town rights only in 1993 and is accessible by rail. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...


One of the landmarks is the coal-powered plant of Burschtynskyi TES, which is situated just near an artificially created lake of some kilometers in length and 100m wide. A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ...


There is also a soccer club named Energetyk. The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ...


It was one of the shtetls. A shtetl or shtetele (little town/city in Yiddish) was typically a small town or village with a large Jewish population in pre-Holocaust Central Europe and Eastern Europe. ...


See also

  • Burshtin (Hasidic dynasty)


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Burshtyn TPS is the biggest power station in the Western Ukraine being part of the "Burshtyn Island" (part of Ukrainian power system connected to UCTE).
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