The city of Stryi(German: Stryj) is located on the left bank of Stryi river on the Carpathian foothills in Ukraine.

Population

• 1843 - 8000 inhabitants
• 1880 - 12.6 thousands inhabitants
• 1900 - 23.2 thousands inhabitants
• 1910 - 30.9 thousands inhabitants
• 1931 - 30.9 thousands inhabitants
• 1959 — 36.2 thousands inhabitants
• 1970 — 48 thousands inhabitants
• 1976 - 55 thousands inhabitants
• 1989 - 67 thousands inhabitants
• 2001 - 63 thousands inhabitants

Name of the city

Most probably the city got its name from the name of the river of Stryi, one of the tributaries of Dniester. Obviously, the name of the river is older than the city that was founded later. Length 2290 km Elevation of the source - m Average discharge - m³/s Area watershed 62,000 km² Origin Ukraine Mouth Black Sea Basin countries Ukraine, Moldova The river Dniester (Polish: Dniestr, Ukrainian: Дністер, Romanian: Nistru, Russian: Днестр, Latin: Tyras) is a river in Eastern Europe. ...

Stryi, as a name of river is a very old name and means "stream". Its etymology starts from an Indo-European root *sreu. Words that have the same root can be found in modern Ukrainian - ñòðóì, ñòðóÿ, Polish - struga, strumien, Irish (Celtic) - sruami, German - stromm, Persian - struth (river), Hindu - sravati (to flow), Latvian - straume, Lithuanian - sriatas, strautas (stream, the thing that flows) and several other languages.

In different times the name was written a bit different, although it has always sounded the same. Though in different old documents we can find such names: Stryg, Stry, Stryj, Strig, Strigenses, Stryi, Strey, Striig, Strya, Sthryensis, Sthrya, Stryei, Stri. Anyway we are pround that the city has managed to keep its original name over time.

History

Stryi was mentioned for the first time in 1396.

In 1431 was given the Magdeburg Right.

Its geografical location influenced positively on its development and growth.

There was a big castle in the city that was demolished in 19 century.

It became a flourishing trade center from the 15th to 16th century due to support from the Polish king Jan Sobesky but declined in the 17th century.

Stryi passed to Austria in 1772, to Poland in 1919, and to Ukraine in 1939.

Its population consisted in roughly equal proportion of Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians.