Olevsk
| Olevsk Олевськ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City | |||
|
Downtown Olevsk | |||
| |||
| Country |
 Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast | ||
| Raion | Olevsk Raion | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 10,231 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Olevsk (Ukrainian: Олевськ, translit. Olevs’k, Yiddish: אלעווסק) is a city in Olevsk Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Olevsk Raion. Population: 10,231 (2013 est.)[1] In 2001, population was 10,896.
On November 15 or 21, 1941, in the midst of World War II, 500 Jews from Olevsk were taken to Varvarivka, where they were murdered.[2]
Gallery
Ubort River in Olevsk
Olevsk railway station
Saint Nicholas monument
St. Nicholas Church in Olevsk
References
- ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ McBride, Jared (July 20, 2016). "Ukrainian Holocaust Perpetrators Are Being Honored in Place of Their Victims". The Tablet. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
| Raions |  | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities |
| ||||||
| |||||||
Coordinates: 51°13′N 27°39′E / 51.217°N 27.650°E
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.