Taikury

Taikury
Тайкури
Village
Location within the Rivne Oblast
Coordinates: 50°31′55″N 26°22′15″E / 50.53194°N 26.37083°E / 50.53194; 26.37083
Country Ukraine
OblastRivne Oblast
RaionRivne Raion
HromadaKornyn rural hromada
Founded1570
Area
 • Total
1.84 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation
253 m (830 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
619
 • Density336/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code+380 362

Taikury (Ukrainian: Тайкури) is a village in Rivne Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. As of the year 2001, the community had 619 residents.[1]

History

The first mention about a village Taikury is dated 1570 by a year. In 1583 a village belonged to I. Shpanovsky, and after wedding of Theodora Shpanovska with Yuri Wyshnewetsky stepped back to the influential princely family of Wyshnewetsky. From 1614 a village got a Magdeburg Law. After a receipt by the small town of Magdeburg Law his population increased notedly, handicraft life came alive. At the beginning of the 18th century Taikury passed to the family of Peplovsky.[2]

The village is mentioned in Kresowa księga sprawiedliwych on page 107.[3]

Geography

The area of the Taikury is 18,40 km2. [1] Community population: 698 (2025).[4] The village of Taykury is located in the south Kornyn rural hromada. [5]

The relief of the village is flat, covered with pine and oak forests.[6]

The larger area of the village is located in the Volhynian Upland. The Taikury is located in the Pripyat River basin, with tributaries of the Horyn River flowing through the district. The climate of the region is moderately continental: winter is mild (in January -4.4 °, -5.1 °), with unstable frosts; summer is warm (in July +18.8 °), not hot. Most often, comfortable weather is observed in the summer months. The formation of stable snow cover is noted in the second decade of December. Rainfall 550 mm per year.[7][6]

The territory of the Taikury is dominated by gray podzolized soils and chernozem.[6]

The agriculture of the village specializes in growing grain crops, legumes, and oilseeds.[6][7]

The Taikury is located near major transport hubs Rivne and Zdovbuniv, as well as is a national highway H-25 and an international highway Е-40. There is an international airport in Rivne.[5]

Architectural sights

  • Castle (ruins), 16th-17th century
  • Church of St. Lawrence, 1710 (Baroque)
  • Church of the Intercession, 1730[2]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b Registration card on the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian) Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  2. ^ a b "Історична довідка | Корнинська сільська рада". kornyn-gromada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  3. ^ Wieliczko, Mieczysław (2008-01-01). "Recenzja: Kresowa księga sprawiedliwych 1939–1945. O Ukraińcach ratujących Polaków poddanych eksterminacji przez OUN i UPA. Opracował Romuald Niedziełko, Warszawa 2007". Wrocławskie Studia Wschodnie (in Polish). 12: 335–340. ISSN 2957-2436. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  4. ^ "Паспорт Корнинської територіальної громади". kornyn-gromada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  5. ^ a b "Корнинська сільська громада". maps.visicom.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  6. ^ a b c d Рівненська область: географічний атлас. Моя мала Батьківщина. К: ТОВ Видавництво Мапа, 2017. 20 с. Retrieved 2025-07-05
  7. ^ a b Природа Ровенської області / За ред. К.І. Геренчука. – Львів: Вища школа, 1976. – 156 с. Retrieved 2025-07-05
  8. ^ Baczyński, Stanisław (1924). Literatura pie̜kna Polski porozbiorowej, 1794-1863. Part 1. Poland: Nakł. Wydawn. Polskiego. Retrieved 2025-07-05.