Stratyn

Stratyn (Ukrainian: Стратин) 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 9th, 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.