Lyutizh

Lyutizh Лютіж
Village-type settlement
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Lyutizh
Coordinates: 50°41′05″N 30°23′40″E / 50.68472°N 30.39444°E / 50.68472; 30.39444Coordinates: 50°41′05″N 30°23′40″E / 50.68472°N 30.39444°E / 50.68472; 30.39444
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kyiv Oblast
Raion	Vyshhorod Raion
Population  (2006)
• Total	2,282
Postal code	07352
Area code(s)	+380 4596
Website	https://rada.info/rada/04359593/

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).

The village, first mentioned in 975. In the 19th century Lyutizh was part of Staro-Petrovskaya volost, Kievsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate.^[1]

The village 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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• Kyiv Forum