It is a village located in a valley among rock ridges. The rocks located in the middle are remnants of a massive and stone-eroded Paleocene (55 million absolute age). These rocks were used in the ancient Rus cliff-side fortress complex of Tustan.
This village is located at an altitude of 499 metres (1,640ft) above sea level, and is located at a distance of 118 kilometres (73mi) from the regional center of Lviv, 40 kilometres (25mi) from the city of Skole, and 8 kilometres (5.0mi) from the urban village Skhidnytsia.
Until 18 July 2020, Urych belonged to Skole Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of Ukraine's administrative reform, which reduced the number of raions in Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.[6][7]
Attractions
In the village there is one architectural monument of local importance of Stryi Raion[8]– Church of Sts. Nicholas (wood) 19th century (2378-М), operates a museum history of Ruthenian Tustan fortress.[9]
