Pyriatyn

Pyriatyn Пиря́тин
City
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Coordinates: 50°15′N 32°32′E / 50.250°N 32.533°E / 50.250; 32.533Coordinates: 50°15′N 32°32′E / 50.250°N 32.533°E / 50.250; 32.533
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava Oblast
Raion	Pyriatyn Raion
Population  (2021)
• Total	15,111

Pyriatyn (Ukrainian: Пиря́тин) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Pyriatyn Raion. Population: 15,111 (2021 est.)^[1]

History[]

At the end of 1941 or beginning 1942, a ghetto guarded by policemen was established and numbered over 1,500 Jews by late March 1942. There were two major executions of Jews carried out by SD units Sonderkommando Plath, accompanied by Ukrainian auxiliary police. The first one took place on April 6, 1942, about 1530 Jews were taken to the woods, 3 km away from the town, and murdered. The second mass execution took place on May 18, 1942, when several Jewish families were killed along with 380 communists and Soviet militants, and 25 Gypsy families.^[2]

Gallery[]

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  Historical building

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  M03 Highway in Pyriatyn

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  near Pyriatyn

See also[]

• Piryatin Airport

References[]

External links[]

• The murder of the Jews of Pyriatyn during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.

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