Lutsk

Lutsk (Ukrainian: Луцьк, Ukrainian: [lut͡sʲk]; Polish: Łuck, Polish: [wutsk]; Yiddish: לוצק) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutsk Raion (district) within the oblast. Lutsk has a population of Historically it was a cultural and religious center in Volhynia. Etymology Lutsk is an ancient Slavic town, mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle as Luchesk in the records of 1085…