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sign, it has been given the status of the
natural monument of local importance.
The oak has several hollows; in view of its
great value, the treatment is needed.

Cave of the neanderthals

Pryjma-1 is the grotto near the
village of Pryjma (40 km away from
Lviv), the monument of archaeology
of European importance. It is the
oldest in Ukraine settlement of a
“hunting camp type” (the age is about
45.5 thousand years). Archaeological
excavations were conducted here for
more than 10 years. Finally, in 2004,
the remains of bones were found that
were recognised by the Main Bureau of
Medicolegal Investigation of the Health
Ministry of Ukraine as the bones of
a Neanderthal man.

ownership of the family of the Rzewuski,
and later the site became the property of
the Lanckoronski.
In 1848, the big cross was erected in the
village to commemorate the abolishment
of selfdom, which has been preserved till
nowadays. Four year before that event,
the ‘auxiliary’ school with the Polish
language of instruction was opened in
Berezyna. In 1875 it got the status of the
full-fledged educational establishment,
and since 1897 the instruction was also
conducted in Ukrainian.
According to the population census
of 1906, among the residents of Berezyna,
there were 1, 204 Ukrainian, 201 Poles,
and 25 Jews. During World War I, 30
village residents fought on the Austrian
side. Ten of them joined the Legion of
Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (USS), and

Berezyna

The village is located on the left bank
of the Dniester. According to the legend,
in the 1240s, during the times of MongolTatar invasion, a group of mountain
dwellers found refuge at that place, in the
birch tree grove. That was why the village
got its present name (a birch is bereza in
Ukrainian). However, most likely, the first
settlements appeared there much earlier,
in the 9th-10th centuries. The first reference
to Berezyna in historic documents dates
back to the year 1439, and 30 years later
the village was put on the list of Royal
property of Ruske Wojewodstwo. In
1590, the settlement became the property
of Ivan Czerniejowski, and later, upon
the decay of this dynasty, it got into

Pryjma

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