Bobrynets

Bobrynets
Бобринець

City

St Nicholas Church in Bobrynets

Flag

Coat of arms

Population (2001)

• Total

10,991

Bobrynets (Ukrainian: Бо́бринець, Yiddish: בוברניץ‎) is a city in Kirovohrad Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Bobrynets Raion. Population: 10,991 (2013 est.)^[1].

History

At the beginning of the 20th century, ewish population of the town is 3 500 inhabitants. During the Russian civil war (1918-1920), 160 Jews are killed during pogroms. Many leave the city before the Germans occupied the area. In 1941, the are ketp prisoners in a ghetto. At the beginning of 1942, 358 Jews are murdered in mass executions perpetrated in the nearby forest.^[2]

Gallery

Ascension Church in Bobrynets
Nature park in Bobrynets
Administrative building
Bobrynets in Winter
City museum

References

↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=100

Administrative divisions of Kirovohrad Oblast

Administrative center: Kirovohrad

Raions

Cities

Regional	Kirovohrad Oleksandriia Svitlovodsk Znamianka

District	Bobrynets Dolynska Haivoron Mala Vyska Novomyrhorod Novoukrainka Pomichna Ulianovka

Urban-type settlements
Category:Kirovohrad Oblast

Coordinates: 48°3′28″N 32°9′29″E / 48.05778°N 32.15806°E / 48.05778; 32.15806

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