Dovbysh
Dovbysh (Ukrainian: Довбиш; Polish: Dołbysz) is an urban-type settlement in Zviahel Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The settlement was previously known as Markhlevsk (Ukrainian: Мархлевськ; Polish: Marchlewsk) after the Polish-born Soviet politician and civil activist Julian Marchlewski. Population: 4,071 (2022 estimate)[1]
Dovbysh
Довбиш | |
|---|---|
Dovbysh Dovbysh | |
| Coordinates: 50.372239°N 27.989475°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Raion | Zviahel Raion |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
In the 1920s Marchlewsk was an administrative center of Marchlewszczyzna, a Polish National Raion of Zhytomyr Okruha. Later it was incorporated into Kyiv Oblast.
During World War II, Jews of the town[2] were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe.[3]
See also
References
- 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.
- "Ukraine RD: Dovbysh".
- "Yahad - in Unum".
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