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{{short description|City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine}}
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'''Olevsk''' ({{Langx|uk|Олевськ}}, {{IPA|uk|oˈlɛu̯sʲk|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Олевськ.wav}}; {{Langx|pl|Olewsk}}; {{langx|yi|אלעווסק}}) is a city in [[Korosten Raion]], [[Zhytomyr Oblast]], [[Ukraine]]. As of January 2022 its population was approximately {{Ua-pop-est2022|10,032|punct=.|showyear=false}}


==History==
'''Olevsk''' ({{Lang-uk|Оле́вськ}}, [[Romanization of Ukrainian|translit.]] ''Olévs’k'', {{lang-yi|אלעווסק}}) is a city in [[Olevsk Raion]], [[Zhytomyr Oblast]], [[Ukraine]]. It is the administrative center of Olevsk Raion. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2013|10,231}} In 2001, population was 10,896.
{{Historical affiliations
| float = left|{{flagicon image|Alex K Grundwald flags 1410-03.svg}} [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] (1488–1569)|{{flagicon image|Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg}} [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] (1569–1793)|{{flag|Russian Empire}} (1793–1917)|{{flag|Ukrainian People's Republic}} (1917–1918)|{{flagicon image|Flag of Ukraine.svg}} [[Ukrainian State]] (1918)|{{flag|Ukrainian People's Republic}} (1918–1919)|{{flagicon image|Flag of Poland (1919–1928).svg}} [[Second Polish Republic|Republic of Poland]] (1919–1920){{cn|date=January 2024}}|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1929).svg}} [[Soviet Ukraine]] (1920–1922)|{{flag|Soviet Union}} (1922–1991)|{{flag|Nazi Germany}} (1941–1944) (''[[Reichskommissariat Ukraine|occupation]]'')|{{flag|Ukraine}} (1991–present)
}}
Olevsk was first mentioned in 1488. In 1641 Olevsk was granted [[Magdeburg city rights]] by Polish King [[Władysław IV Vasa]].

Later it became a town in [[Volhynian Governorate]] of the [[Russian Empire]].

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During [[World War II]] on November 15 or 21, 1941, members of [[Taras Bulba-Borovets]]' [[Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army]] collaborated with the German administration in taking more than 500 Jews from Olevsk to [[Varvarivka]], where they were murdered.<ref name="tabletukrainianperpetrators">{{cite news|last1=McBride|first1=Jared|title=Ukrainian Holocaust Perpetrators Are Being Honored in Place of Their Victims|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/208439/holocaust-perpetrators-honored|access-date=July 22, 2016|work=The Tablet|date=July 20, 2016}}</ref>


On December 25, 2011, the city council of Olevsk renamed the streets of the city that bore the names of Soviet leaders, naming them in honor of prominent figures of the Ukrainian nationalist and patriotic movement. The streets and lanes named after Pavlo Postyshev, Stanislav Kosior, Hryhoriy Petrovsky, Mykhailo Kalinin, and Hryhoriy Kotovsky were renamed. Instead, they were named after Olena Teliha, Oleh Olzhych, Hetman Vyhovsky, Oleksiy Opanasiuk, Heroes of Kruty, the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, and Yuriy Tiutiunnyk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ukranews.com/uk/news/ukraine/2011/12/25/60746|title=На Житомирщині перейменували всі радянські назви вулиць|accessdate=4 January 2012|archive-date=20 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320204747/http://ukranews.com/uk/news/ukraine/2011/12/25/60746}}</ref>
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On November 15 or 21, 1941, in the midst of [[World War II]], 500 Jews from Olevsk were taken to [[Varvarivka]], where they were murdered.<ref name="tabletukrainianperpetrators">{{cite news|last1=McBride|first1=Jared|title=Ukrainian Holocaust Perpetrators Are Being Honored in Place of Their Victims|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/208439/holocaust-perpetrators-honored|accessdate=July 22, 2016|work=The Tablet|date=July 20, 2016}}</ref>
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:Вокзал станції Олевськ.jpg|Olevsk railway station
File:Вокзал станції Олевськ.jpg|Olevsk railway station
File:Привокзальна площа Олевська.jpg|[[Saint Nicholas]] monument
File:Привокзальна площа Олевська.jpg|[[Saint Nicholas]] monument
File:М. Олевськ Житомирської області. Миколаївська церква..JPG|St. Nicholas Church in Olevsk
File:М. Олевськ Житомирської області. Миколаївська церква..JPG|St. Nicholas Church
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{{Zhytomyr Oblast}}
{{Zhytomyr Oblast}}
{{Authority control}}

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{{Coord|51|13|N|27|39|E|region:UA_type:city|display=title}}


[[Category:Cities in Zhytomyr Oblast]]
[[Category:Cities in Zhytomyr Oblast]]
[[Category:Volhynian Governorate]]
[[Category:Volhynian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Holocaust locations in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Holocaust locations in Ukraine]]



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Latest revision as of 16:22, 16 December 2024

Olevsk
Олевськ
City
Downtown Olevsk
Downtown Olevsk
Flag of Olevsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Olevsk
Coat of arms
Olevsk is located in Zhytomyr Oblast
Olevsk
Olevsk
Olevsk is located in Ukraine
Olevsk
Olevsk
Coordinates: 51°13′N 27°39′E / 51.217°N 27.650°E / 51.217; 27.650
Country Ukraine
OblastZhytomyr Oblast
RaionKorosten Raion
HromadaOlevsk urban hromada
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
10,032
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Olevsk (Ukrainian: Олевськ, IPA: [oˈlɛu̯sʲk] ⓘ; Polish: Olewsk; Yiddish: אלעווסק) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. As of January 2022 its population was approximately 10,032.[1]

History

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Historical affiliations

Olevsk was first mentioned in 1488. In 1641 Olevsk was granted Magdeburg city rights by Polish King Władysław IV Vasa.

Later it became a town in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.

During World War II on November 15 or 21, 1941, members of Taras Bulba-Borovets' Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army collaborated with the German administration in taking more than 500 Jews from Olevsk to Varvarivka, where they were murdered.[2]

On December 25, 2011, the city council of Olevsk renamed the streets of the city that bore the names of Soviet leaders, naming them in honor of prominent figures of the Ukrainian nationalist and patriotic movement. The streets and lanes named after Pavlo Postyshev, Stanislav Kosior, Hryhoriy Petrovsky, Mykhailo Kalinin, and Hryhoriy Kotovsky were renamed. Instead, they were named after Olena Teliha, Oleh Olzhych, Hetman Vyhovsky, Oleksiy Opanasiuk, Heroes of Kruty, the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, and Yuriy Tiutiunnyk.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ McBride, Jared (July 20, 2016). "Ukrainian Holocaust Perpetrators Are Being Honored in Place of Their Victims". The Tablet. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "На Житомирщині перейменували всі радянські назви вулиць". Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
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