Liubar
Liubar | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Province |  Zhytomyr Oblast |
| District | Liubar Raion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 222 km2 (86 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 2,110[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 13100 |
Liubar (Ukrainian: Любар) is an urban-type settlement in Liubar Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.
History
A Jewish community lived here since centuries.[2] A wooden synagogue was erected in 1491. It was destroyed during pogroms of the cossacks in the middle of the 17th century.
In 1793 - 1917 it was a town in Novograd-Volynsky uyezd in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.
At the end of the 19th century, the Jewish inhabitants represent 43% of the total population. 9 synagogues, a Jewish theater, a Jewish hospital and many shops are own by member of the community. In 1920, the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Army (a formation of the Red Army) perpetrated a pogrom killing about 60 people and hurting 180.[3]
A local newspaper is published here since August 1931[4].
On July 6, 1941, Wehrmacht occupied this town. Germans sent the Jews into a ghetto. In August 1941, mass executions killed around 300 people in the nearby forest. On September, around 1 300 Jews from the city and surroundings villages are murdered by an Einsatzgruppen including Ukrainians Hilfspolizei.[5]
In January 1989 the population was 2656 people[6]
In January 2013 the population was 2179 people[7].
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2019 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2019. стор.29
- ^ http://www.rujen.ru/index.php/%D0%9B%D0%AE%D0%91%D0%90%D0%A0
- ^ http://www.sovsekretno.ru/articles/id/228
- ^ № 2729. Заветы Ильича = Заповiти Iллiча // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.358
- ^ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=541
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.59
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