Dovbysh

Dovbysh (Ukrainian: Довбиш) is an urban-type settlement in Baranivka Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The town is also known as Marchlewsk after the Polish-born Soviet politician and civil activist Julian Marchlewski. Population: 4,498 (2013 est.)[1]

History

In 1920s Marchlewsk was an administrative center of the Polish National Raion of Zhytomyr Okrug (district). Later it was incorporated into Kiev Oblast.

During WWII, Jews of the town[2] were murdered in a mass exectuion perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.jewishgen.org/ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=445
  3. ↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/dovbysh-zhytomyr-ukraine.59

Coordinates: 50°22′17″N 27°59′8″E / 50.37139°N 27.98556°E / 50.37139; 27.98556

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