Skvyra (Ukraine)
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- BGN gaz., USSR:(Skvira; popl.: 49°44ʹN, 29°40ʹE)
- Encyc. of Ukraine:v. 4, p. 739 (Skvyra, city and raion center in Kiev oblast. First mentioned in 1390 as part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1482 it was destroyed by the Tatars. From 1569 it was under Polish rule. Under the Hetmanate State Skvyra was a company center of the Bila Tserkva (1648-51) and Pavloch (1651-74) regiments. It was recaptured by Poland in 1686 and acquired by Russia in 1793. From 1797 it was a county center in Kiev gubernia. In 1938 it was granted city status)
- Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.:v. 10, p. 217 (Сквира = Skvyra; city in Kyïvsʹka oblastʹ; first mentioned in historical sources in 1390 as a settlement in Lithuania. After 1569 it became part of Poland. Then during the second partition of Poland in 1793, as part of Left-Bank Ukraine, it was ceded to Russia)
- Ukraïna [MAP] 1992:(Сквира = Skvyra, in Kyïvsʹka oblastʹ)
- Bunt skvirskago magistrata, 1888:p. 1 (gorodkom Skviroi︠u︡)
- Ukraïna [MAP] 1992:(Skvyra in Kyïvsʹka oblastʹ)
- Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.:v. 10, p. 217 (Skvyra; city in Kyïvsʹka oblastʹ; first mentioned in historical sources in 1390 as a settlement in Lithuania. After 1569 it became part of Poland. Then during the second partition of Poland in 1793, as partof Left-Bank Ukraine, it was ceded to Russia)
- Encyc. of Ukraine:v. 4, p. 739 (Skvyra, city and raion center in Kiev oblast. First mentioned in 1390 as part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1482 it was destroyed by the Tatars. From 1569 it was under Polish rule. Under the HetmanateState Skvyra was a company center of the Bila Tserkva (1648-51) and Pavloch (1651-74) regiments. It was recaptured by Poland in 1686 and acquired by Russia in 1793. From 1797 it was a county center in Kiev gubernia. In 1938 it was granted citystatus)
- Orgelbrand. Encyk. powszechna:v. 13, p. 550 (Skwira, a city in Kiev Gubernia)
- Russian Brockhaus:v. 30, p. 186 (Skvira, a uyezd town in Kīevskai︠a︡ gubernīi︠a︡)
- BGN gaz., USSR:(Skvira; popl.: 49p0s 44ʹ N., 29p0s 40ʹ E.)