Founding of Peresopnytsia (1149)

Peresopnytsia (Ukrainian: Пересопниця) is a small village of Rivne Raion in the Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Diadkovychi rural hromada and is located on Stubly River, a tributary of Horyn River.

In 11th–13th centuries it was one of two main cities of Horyn River basin. In the 12th century Peresopnytsia was a capital of the Peresopnytsia principality which was a regional principality of the Principality of Volhynia.

On 29 August 1561, in the Peresopnytsia Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Nativity, creation of the Peresopnytsia Gospel was finished, which is now a national relic of Ukraine.

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