Stratyn

Old coat of arms of Stratyn, during prewar period.

Stratyn (Ukrainian: Стратин, Yiddish: סטרעטין‎ Stretin) is a village and rural municipality in western Ukraine. It lies in Rohatyn Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine, in the very heart of the historic area of Halychyna (Galicia / Galizien / Galicja / Galizia), formerly in Austrian empire (1772–1918), Poland (1365–1772, 1918–1939) and USSR (1939–1941, 1944–1991). Current population is 561 inhabitants. The old name of the village was Striatyn.

Geography

Stratyn used to be the town and it had two parts which were usually referred as Startyn selo / Stratyn the village (Stratyn-wies in Polish) and Stratyn misto / Stratyn the city (Stratyn-miasto). There was a rathaus (city council) in Stratyn during Austrian times. Stratin is Russian name of the village, which you may find on some maps from Soviet period (1939-1941, 1944-1991), while Stratyn is Ukrainian and Polish name of this village. In Yiddish its name was Strettin / Staretin (hence the Yiddish adjective forms Strettiner, Stretiner, Stratiner, Stratyner). Village is situated in the picturesque valley of small river or rather a brook, surrounded by forests and fields. In 1932, when Stratyn was part of Poland (during 1918-1932), the town status of Stratyn was canceled by the order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Poland (September 9, 1932). Prior to this order, Stratyn had just 373 inhabitants (1921) and at the time was the smallest town in the entire Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislawow) province.

Nowadays, Stratyn is merely a large village, about 12 km from the district center of Rohatyn.

Nearby locations

From the history of Stratyn

In this village, around 1600 there was opened one of the first printing houses in Ukraine where used to work Hedeon Balaban, Pamvo Berynda (one of the first printers on Ukrainian lands). It was namely in 1599 that the third printshop in Ukraine was founded in the village of Stratyn, and another was established in the village of Krylos, near Halych (Galich). There is monument to the Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko in Startyn. The last was erected quite recently, after the collapse of Soviet system.

Jewish community

Being a town, Stratyn had a vibrant Jewish community, that gave name to the Stretiner Hasidic dynasty. At the Jewish cemetery of Startyn there is a grave chapel of Stratyn tsaddik, of so-called Strettener Chasids. Chapel was erected quite recently at the costs and efforts of Lviv Jewish Community (by Melekh Sheykhet). In the adjacent table, it is written in Ukrainian to the local village people to honour the place of Jewish righteous zaddiks who will pray for you. To restore these grave monuments of Hassidic tsaddiks, it took much efforst and diligence, as they were deep underneath in the ground already. Prayer books in Hebrew (printed in Israel) are available in the chapael. One can set also a candle.

The most known Stratyn Hassidic rabbis were rabbi Avrohom (Avraham) of Stretin, rabbi Yehudah Tzvi (Zewi) of Stretin (Yuda Zvi di Stretin in Spanish. He was called the Sage of Stratyn also) and the holy Admor R' Moshe of Stretin.

Coordinates: 49°28′N 24°42′E / 49.467°N 24.700°E / 49.467; 24.700

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