Peresopnytsia
Peresopnytsia
Пересопниця | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Monument to Mykhailo Vasyliovych and Hryhorii | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Rivne Oblast |
| Raion | Rivne Raion |
| Hromada | Diadkovychi rural hromada |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 139 |
Peresopnytsia (Ukrainian: Пересопниця) is a small village of Rivne Raion in the Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Diadkovychi rural hromada and is located on Stubly River, a tributary of Horyn River.
In 11th–13th centuries it was one of two main cities of Horyn River basin. In the 12th century Peresopnytsia was a capital of the Peresopnytsia principality which was a regional principality of the Principality of Volhynia.
On 29 August 1561, in the Peresopnytsia Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Nativity, creation of the Peresopnytsia Gospel was finished, which is now a national relic of Ukraine.