Lyutizh

Lyutizh (Ukrainian: Лютіж; Russian: Лютеж - Lyutezh) is a village 30 km to the north of Kyiv in the Ukrainian Oblast of Kyiv with some 2280 inhabitants (2006).

Lyutizh

Лютіж
Village-type settlement
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Lyutizh
Coordinates: 50°41′05″N 30°23′40″E
CountryUkraine
OblastKyiv Oblast
RaionVyshhorod Raion
Population
 (2006)
  Total2,282
Postal code
07352
Area code(s)+380 4596
Websitehttps://rada.info/rada/04359593/

The village, first mentioned in 975, is best known for the Lyutezh bridgehead, established by troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front on the right bank of the Dnieper in the autumn of 1943 during the Battle of the Dnieper.

The fighting for the bridgehead is commemorated in the National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943" in the nearby village of Novi Petrivtsi

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