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Bila Krynytsia Territorial Community
Rivne
Population:
The Bila Krynytsia Territorial Community is located in the central part of the Rivne Region.
The Bila Krynytsia community unites eleven villages with a convenient location near the regional center (the city of Rivne). The administrative center of the community is the village of Bila Krynytsia which is 10 km from Rivne.
The total area of the community is 121.2 km2
The population of the community is 11,519 people.
Men: 4,972
Women: 6,547
Children: 1,879
Internally displaced persons: 210.
History
The oldest settlements of the community are the villages of Shubkiv and Duby, first mentioned in 1445.
The youngest village of the community is Kruhle which is 34 years old.
The community’s historical heritage includes artifacts from the Lithuanian era of the 15th-18th centuries, monuments of Polish architecture of the late 19th century, and even tools from the Neolithic era (5th millennium BC), found during agricultural work on the territory of Horynhrad the First. This settlement arose as a town back in the days of Kyivan Rus and, thanks to its favorable location, became the trade center of the region.
The villages of the community were under the rule of Poland, the Czech Republic or the Russian Empire during the 17th-19th centuries, and until the 1920s belonged to the Polish state.
In 1939, the territory was included in Soviet Ukraine as part of the Ukrainian SSR and was occupied by the Germans in July 1941. During the Second World War, the territory of the community became a transit point through which German, Bolshevik and Polish troops passed. As a result of military operations, the territories were heavily destroyed, many historical monuments were ruined. The area was deoccupied in January 1944.
The construction of a new road from Rivne to Kyiv (which later became the Kyiv-Chop road of state importance) moved the center of the community from Horynhrad the First to Bila Krynytsia (first written mention in 1570). In other sources, the village of Bila Krynytsia is mentioned as Helesyn by the name of Olena, the daughter of the owner of the settlement, Yosyp Lubomyrskyi. The name Bila Krynytsia (Eng. “White Well”) was used because of the number of springs and wells on the territory of the village along the road. In October, a new reorganization of the community began, which united eleven population centers into one community.
Economy and Welfare
The main branches of the economy represented in the community are agriculture, trade and industry. Medium and small businesses are also presented here. The most popular types of activities among private entrepreneurship are wholesale and retail trade, car and motorcycle repair, transport, warehouse, postal and courier activities. The Institute of Agriculture of the Western Polissia of the National Academy of Sciences and the research institution are among the most valuable employees of the community.
The community provides citizens with access to medical care through three family medicine centers (in Bila Krynytsia, Shubkiv, and Horodyshche) and six paramedics.
Three lyceums, three gymnasiums and three preschool institutions provide education for young citizens. In addition, the cultural life of the townspeople is connected with the cultural and leisure center of the Bila Krynytsia community and three village clubs in Rysvianka, Horodyshche and Horynhrad the Second.
In 2018, a modern Security Center started working on the territory of the community. The Center works to prevent and address potential and existing threats and harm related to the safety of citizens.
Community and War
With the beginning of the Russian aggression in 2014 and the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Bila Krynytsia community became a transit point for tens of thousands of Ukrainians on their way to safe places in the west of Ukraine or Europe.
In addition, in 2022-2023, Bila Krynytsia and other villages of the community became a shelter for more than 700 internally displaced persons. Today, 210 displaced persons found their new housing in the territory of the community. The community supports Ukrainian soldiers and their families, as well as displaced persons by providing financial and psychological support. The Council of Internally Displaced Persons operates to support displaced persons, which deals with the needs of this population category.
People of the Community
Tetiana Honcharuk has been the head of the community since November 17, 2010.
During her tenure as head of the community, Tetiana Honcharuk worked on the development of the community’s infrastructure, restoration of cultural centers (houses of culture, recreation areas) and cooperation with young people. Among the community’s big projects of recent years is a new dispensary in the village of Bila Krynytsia, the opening of the Security Center, two youth centers “ShuMyMo” and “Hnom”, and the branch of the Administrative Services Center on the territory of the community
Also, the community is rich in talented people. Among the famous people are Vasyl Basarab (March 19, 1948 – June 9, 2021), a poet, novelist, local historian, journalist, Kateryna Novak, the founder of the “Berehynia” museum on the basis of the Bila Krynytsia Lyceum, teacher, ethnographer, and public figure and also Anatoliy Hayduk, master of eco-construction who lives in the village of Horodyshche. Since 2015, he has been using reeds and wood from fruit trees to build parts of buildings and furniture. The gazebo, the well, all the furniture in the house are made of ecological materials.
Development Strategy
As part of the preparation of the Development Strategy of the Bila Krynytsia Community, the community submitted an application to the Unified Environmental Platform “EkoSystema” to determine the scope of the strategic environmental assessment. The community development strategy covers the creation of 52 projects in the social, economic, cultural, and tourism spheres.
List of Sources
- Information and photos are taken from the official website of the Bila Krynytsia Territorial Community
- bilokrynycka-gromada.gov.ua
- bilokrynycka-gromada.gov.ua/photo/
- and from the community page on Facebook facebook.com