Kolky, Volyn Oblast
Kolky (Ukrainian: Колки), also Kolki (Russian: Колки, Polish: Kołki) is an urban-type settlement in the Volyn Oblast in Ukraine. Kolky has a population of around 4,500 people.
Kolky is located on the confluence of the Styr and Rudka rivers, 51 kilometres north-east of Lutsk.
History
First time mentioned in 1545. The place has the urban-type settlement status since 1940.
The Jewish population was important before World War II, around a third of the total population (724 members in 1921, 860 in 1937).[1] The German army occupied the city at the end of 1941. 50 Jews were murdered by the Ukrainian police during the summer of 1941.[2] On October 1941, Jews were forced to live in a ghetto. On July 1942, the Jewish population was massacred by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans, members of Sicherheitsdienst and Gendarmerie and by Ukrainians, members of the local police.[3][4]
The heraldry and the gonfalon are adopted in 1997. The bell is a symbol of the defensive role of the city throughout history. The linaceae is a local resource.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Technical Problem Form". data.jewishgen.org.
- ^ "YAHAD - IN UNUM". yahadmap.org.
- ^ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=900#!prettyPhoto
- ^ "Kołki - Virtual Shtetl". www.sztetl.org.pl.
