) ▁of ▁I vano - Fran k iv sk ▁O blast ▁( region ). ▁It ▁lies ▁ ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁ob last ▁capital , ▁I vano - Fran k iv sk . ▁Population : ▁. ▁ ▁Name ▁ ▁The ▁city ' s ▁name , ▁though ▁sp elled ▁ident ically ▁in ▁modern ▁East ▁S lav ic ▁languages ▁( Г али ч ), ▁is ▁pron ounced ▁Hal ych ▁in ▁Ukrain ian ▁and ▁Gal ich ▁in ▁Russian . ▁The ▁Russian ▁transl iter ation ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁confused ▁with ▁the ▁Russian ▁town ▁of ▁Gal ich . ▁In ▁Polish ▁the ▁name ▁is ▁rendered ▁Hal icz ; ▁in ▁the ▁Y idd ish ▁language ▁Hel it sh ▁or ▁He yl it sh ▁( ה ע ל י ט ש ); ▁in ▁Latin , ▁Gal ic ; ▁in ▁Hung arian , ▁Hal ics ; ▁in ▁Roman ian , ▁Hal ici . ▁ ▁Local ▁folk ▁legend ▁would ▁have ▁it ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁" H al ych " ▁comes ▁from ▁a ▁legend ary ▁" Pr ince ▁Hal ych yna ," ▁the ▁first ▁r uler ▁of ▁these ▁lands . ▁In ▁fact , ▁a ▁k urg an ▁referred ▁to ▁by ▁loc als ▁as ▁" H al ych yna ' s ▁tomb ," ▁exc av ated ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁contained ▁a ▁rit ual ▁cre m ation ▁site ▁and ▁a ▁bronze ▁weapon ▁and ▁gold ▁disc ▁that ▁could ▁have ▁belonged ▁to ▁a ▁noble ▁leader . ▁Max ▁Vas mer ▁and ▁modern ▁S lav ists ▁generally ▁agree ▁that ▁" H al ych " ▁is ▁an ▁ad