Olevsk Оле́вськ | |
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City | |
) Downtown Olevsk | |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Raion | Olevsk Raion |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 10,305 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Olevsk (Ukrainian: Оле́вськ, translit. Olévs’k, Polish: Olewsk, Yiddish: אלעווסק) is a city in Olevsk Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Olevsk Raion. Population: 10,305 (2020 est.)[1]
History
Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1488–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
Russian Empire 1793–1917
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Republic of Poland 1919–1920
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Soviet Ukraine 1920–1922
Soviet Union 1922–1991
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Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
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.
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
Ubort River in Olevsk
Olevsk railway station
Saint Nicholas monument
St. Nicholas Church
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References
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ McBride, Jared (July 20, 2016). "Ukrainian Holocaust Perpetrators Are Being Honored in Place of Their Victims". The Tablet. Retrieved July 22, 2016.