Snovsk (Ukrainian: Сновськ [snɔu̯sʲk]) is a city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 10,825 (2021 est.).[1] It hosts the administration of Snovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] The population was 12,315 in 2001.

Snovsk Сновськ
Town
Snovsk railway station
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Coordinates: 51°49′13″N 31°57′03″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernihiv Oblast
Founded	1860
City status	1924
Control	Ukraine
Area
• Total	128 km2 (49 sq mi)
Elevation	119 m (390 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	10,825

Name

The city was named after the Snov River on which it is situated. The city was called Shchors between 1935 and 2016, in honour of Nikolay Shchors. On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Shchors to Snovsk and Shchors Raion to Snovsk Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[3]

History

On the eve of WWII, about 16% of the population was Jewish (1,402 Jews). The Germans occupied the city on September 3, 1941. They kept the Jews prisoners in a ghetto and subjected them to perform different kinds of forced labor. In 1941 and 1942, hundreds of them were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen in the nearby forest.[4]

Until 18 July 2020, Snovsk was the administrative center of Snovsk Raion (before 2016, Shchors Raion). The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Snovsk Raion was merged into Koriukivka Raion.[5][6]

There was reported fighting in the city during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

External links

• The murder of the Jews of Shchors during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.

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[ru] Сновск