Turiisk
![Turiisk is located in Volyn Oblast](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Volyn_Oblast_location_map.svg/250px-Volyn_Oblast_location_map.svg.png)
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Turiisk (Ukrainian: Турійськ) is an urban settlement (town) in Volyn Oblast (province) in Ukraine, located in the historic region of the Volhynia. It is an administrative seat of the Turiisk Raion. Population: 5,855 (2021 est.)[1]
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WW2 memorial in Turiisk
History[]
During World War II, in 1942,[2] Jews of the village[3] were murdered by an Einsatzgruppen assisted by the local police in a mass execution.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=453#!prettyPhoto
- ^ http://moreshet.pl/he/node/1060
- ^ http://www.yahadmap.org/#village/turiysk-volyn-ukraine.308
External links[]
Coordinates: 51°05′00″N 24°32′00″E / 51.0833°N 24.5333°E
Categories:
- Urban-type settlements in Volyn Oblast
- Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795)
- Kovelsky Uyezd
- Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939)
- Jewish Ukrainian history
- Holocaust locations in Ukraine
- Volyn Oblast geography stubs