Olevsk
Olevsk
Олевськ | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Downtown Olevsk | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Olevsk  Olevsk | |
| Coordinates: 51°13′N 27°39′E / 51.217°N 27.650°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Raion | Olevsk Raion |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 10,226 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Olevsk (Template:Lang-uk, translit. Olévs’k, Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-yi) is a city in Olevsk Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Olevsk Raion. Population: 10,226 (2021 est.)[1]
History
Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1488–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
Russian Empire 1793–1917
Republic of Poland 1919–1920
Soviet Ukraine 1920–1922
Soviet Union 1922–1991
Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
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]
Gallery
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Ubort River in Olevsk -
Olevsk railway station -
Saint Nicholas monument -
St. Nicholas Church
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- ^ McBride, Jared (July 20, 2016). "Ukrainian Holocaust Perpetrators Are Being Honored in Place of Their Victims". The Tablet. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
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