Liubeshiv
Liubeshiv | |
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Liubeshiv | |
Coordinates: 51°46′N 25°30′E / 51.767°N 25.500°ECoordinates: 51°46′N 25°30′E / 51.767°N 25.500°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Province | Volyn Oblast |
District | Liubeshiv Raion |
First mentioned | 1484 |
Area | |
• Total | 339 km2 (131 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 5,704 |
• Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Liubeshiv (Ukrainian: Любешів, Polish: Lubieszów, Belarusian: Любяшоў) is an urban settlement (town) in Volyn Oblast (province), located in the historic region of the Polesia. It is an administrative seat of Liubeshiv Raion. Population: 5,704 (2021 est.)[1]
History[]
Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1484–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1795
Russian Empire 1795–1917
Second Polish Republic 1919–1945
Soviet Union 1939–1941 (occupation)
Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
Soviet Union 1944–1945 (occupation)
Soviet Union 1945–1991
Ukraine 1991–present
Lubieszów was first mentioned in 1484. It was a private town of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the Partitions of Poland it was annexed by Russia.
On November 9, 1943, 300 Poles were murdered by the Ukrainians as part of the genocide of Poles in Volhynia. A 2013 monument on the local Polish cemetery commemorates the victims[2]
Liubeshiv in 1915
Monument commemorating the victims of the 1943 massacre
Notable people[]
- Taras Mykhalyk, retired Ukrainian footballer.
References[]
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Grzegorz Rąkowski, "Wołyń", page 77
External links[]
- Urban-type settlements in Volyn Oblast
- Pinsky Uyezd
- Polesie Voivodeship
- Volyn Oblast geography stubs