Liubeshiv

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Liubeshiv
Lyubeshiv aerial photo.jpg
Liubeshiv is located in Volyn Oblast
Liubeshiv
Liubeshiv
Coordinates: 51°46′N 25°30′E / 51.767°N 25.500°E / 51.767; 25.500Coordinates: 51°46′N 25°30′E / 51.767°N 25.500°E / 51.767; 25.500
Country Ukraine
Province Volyn Oblast
DistrictLiubeshiv Raion
First mentioned1484
Area
 • Total339 km2 (131 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total5,704
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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[]

Historical affiliations

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]

Notable people[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Grzegorz Rąkowski, "Wołyń", page 77

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