Dovbysh
Dovbysh (Template:Lang-uk) is an urban-type settlement in Baranivka Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The town is also known as Marchlewsk after the Polish-born Soviet politician and civil activist Julian Marchlewski. Population: 4,498 (2013 est.)[1]
History
In 1920s Marchlewsk was an administrative center of the Polish National Raion of Zhytomyr Okrug (district). Later it was incorporated into Kiev Oblast.
During WWII, Jews of the town[2] were murdered in a mass exectuion perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen[3]
See also
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ http://www.jewishgen.org/ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=445
- ^ http://yahadmap.org/#village/dovbysh-zhytomyr-ukraine.59
50°22′17″N 27°59′8″E / 50.37139°N 27.98556°E
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