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Olevsk (Ukrainian: Оле́вськ, translit. Olevsk) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 10,226 (2021 est.)[1]
Olevsk
Олевськ | |
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City | |
 Downtown Olevsk | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Olevsk  Olevsk | |
| Coordinates: 51°13′N 27°39′E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Raion | Korosten Raion |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 10,226 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1488–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
Russian Empire 1793–1917
Ukrainian People's Republic 1917-1918
Republic of Poland 1919–1920
Soviet Ukraine 1920–1922
Soviet Union 1922–1991
Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
Olevsk was first mentioned in 1488. In 1641 Olevsk was granted Magdeburg city rights by Polish King Władysław IV Vasa.
Later it became a town in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.
During World War II on November 15 or 21, 1941, members of Taras Bulba-Borovets' Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army collaborated with the German administration in taking more than 500 Jews from Olevsk to Varvarivka, where they were murdered.[2]
Gallery
Ubort River in Olevsk
Olevsk railway station
Saint Nicholas monument
St. Nicholas Church
References
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- McBride, Jared (July 20, 2016). "Ukrainian Holocaust Perpetrators Are Being Honored in Place of Their Victims". The Tablet. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
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На других языках
[de] Olewsk
Olewsk (ukrainisch Олевськ; russisch Олевск) ist eine Stadt im Norden der ukrainischen Oblast Schytomyr mit etwa 10.000 Einwohnern (2015[1]) Olewsk ist das administrative Zentrum des gleichnamigen Rajons am Fluss Ubort im historischen Gebiet Polesien.- [en] Olevsk
[ru] Олевск
Оле́вск (стар. Оре́ховец[2], укр. Олегск, Олевськ[3]) — город в Житомирской области Украины. Входит в Коростенский район. До 2020 года был административным центром упразднённого Олевского района.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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