Huta Brzuska

Huta Brzuska [ˈxuta ˈbʐuska] (Ukrainian: Гута-Березка) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bircza, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Bircza, 19 km (12 mi) west of Przemyśl, and 50 km (31 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.

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Coordinates: 49°44′N 22°31′E / 49.733°N 22.517°E / 49.733; 22.517

Brzuska

Brzuska [ˈbʐuska] (Ukrainian: Березка) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bircza, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Bircza, 21 km (13 mi) west of Przemyśl, and 46 km (29 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.

Brzuska (Berezka/Bereska in Ukrainian) was a large village 10 km (6.21 mi) north of Bircza with approx 1500 inhabitants before World War 2.

The inhabitants were mostly originally Rusyns, who then became Ukrainian. There were also some Poles (80) and Jews (50) who lived in the village. All were farm workers.

The main land owner was a Jewish family, surname Ringel, who was taken away by the Russians during or after the war.

Originally, a Greek Catholic church once stood on the hill - Saint Nicholas the Miracle Worker, which was destroyed. There was also a masonry church called Transfiguration of Our Lord. It was erected in 1868, renovated in 1920. It was also destroyed.