Dovbysh
Dovbysh (Ukrainian: Довбиш, Russian: До́вбыш) is an urban-type settlement in Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The town was also known as Marchlewsk after the Polish-born Soviet politician and civil activist Julian Marchlewski. Population: 4,147 (2021 est.)[1]
History[]
In the 1920s Marchlewsk was an administrative center of the Polish National Raion of (district). 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[]
- Polish Autonomous District
References[]
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Ukraine RD: Dovbysh".
- ^ "Yahad - in Unum".
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Coordinates: 50°22′17″N 27°59′8″E / 50.37139°N 27.98556°E
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- Urban-type settlements in Zhytomyr Oblast
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