Dovbysh
Довбиш
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Coordinates: 50°22′20″N 27°59′22″E / 50.372239°N 27.989475°E / 50.372239; 27.989475 | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
Raion | Zviahel Raion |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dovbysh (Ukrainian: Довбиш; Polish: Dołbysz) is an urban-type settlementinZviahel Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The settlement was previously known as Markhlevsk (Ukrainian: Мархлевськ; Polish: Marchlewsk) after the Polish-born Soviet politician and civil activist Julian Marchlewski. Population: 4,071 (2022 estimate)[1]
In the 1920s Marchlewsk was an administrative center of Marchlewszczyzna, a Polish National RaionofZhytomyr Okruha [ru]. Later it was incorporated into Kyiv Oblast.[citation needed]
During World War II, Jews of the town[2] were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe.[3]
50°22′17″N 27°59′8″E / 50.37139°N 27.98556°E / 50.37139; 27.98556
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