Olevsk (Ukrainian: Оле́вськ, translit. Olevsk) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 10,226 (2021 est.)[1]
Olevsk
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Coordinates: 51°13′N 27°39′E | |
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Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
Raion | Korosten Raion |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 10,226 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1488–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
Russian Empire 1793–1917
Ukrainian People's Republic 1917-1918
Ukrainian State 1918
Directory of Ukraine 1918-1919
Republic of Poland 1919–1920
Soviet Ukraine 1920–1922
Soviet Union 1922–1991
Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
Ukraine 1991–present
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]
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Administrative center: Zhytomyr | ||
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