Bobrynets

Bobrynets Бобринець
City
St Nicholas Church in Bobrynets
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kirovohrad Oblast
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

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  Ascension Church in Bobrynets

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  Nature park in Bobrynets

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  Administrative building

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  Bobrynets in Winter

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  City museum

References

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

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