Stry city stands 70 miles south to the Lviv city , in the path " Kyiv Chop"  on the left bank of the river Stryi. The city is surrounded by a moat and rampart, has a military garrison, which is constantly in his stone castle.

   Inhabitants of  the city are sincere wealthy people, mostly traders.  But there are well-known musicians, poets, painters, actors among them . And many famous warriors and faithful Ukrainians.

Stry  was burned and destroyed many times by tatarva , Poles, Austrians, Russians, Germanians  ... - who just wanted to prevail here. But the city has stood, and every time arose from the ruins and ashes giving titles of  heroes in many wars,to their  sons. To behold: Liberation War, World War, Second World War, Insurgent war and even war in Afghan ...

And from time immemorial" Kozatskiy dvir” is situated on the outskirts of the city, between the tract "from Kyiv to Chop" and the river Stryi

And traveler

when stuck in me,

lacing up his boot,

And  ask me:

"Whence are the Cossacks from,

in Galician country? "...

And I gladly answer him

its history.