Polonne

Polonne Полонне
City
St. Anne Church in Polonne
Seal
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Khmelnytsky Oblast
First mentioned	996
Population (2001)
• Total	23,211

Polonne (Ukrainian: Полонне) is a city on the Khomora River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Polonne Raion (district), and is located at around 50°7′0″N 27°31′0″E / 50.11667°N 27.51667°E.

The current estimated population is around 23,211 (as of 2001).

Polonne is situated on the Shepetivka-Berdychiv railroad line. Various industries within the city include porcelain, ceramic.

History

Polonne has been known at least since 996, when it was first mentioned as a taxation subject in relation to Prince Volodymyr the Great's Desyatynna Church. Throughout the Middle Ages Polonne was known by its castle, also enjoying Magdeburg Rights. In 1648 almost 10,000 Jews (including the well-known Samson ben Pesah Ostropoli) who had taken refuge within the town's walls were massacred by the troops of Bogdan Chmielnitsky.

In Modern times received city status since 1938.

The Jewish population was important in the town. During WWII, the Germans occupied the town kept the Jews imprisoned in a ghetto. The were guarded by Ukrainian policemen and had to do slave labor. In 1941 and 1942, hundreds of Jews are murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen.^[1]

Famous people

Peretz Markish, famous poet was bord in Polonne in 1895. A museum is dedicated to him in the old synagogue. The Canadian sculptor Leo Mol was born in Polonne in 1915.

Gallery

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  Polonne fortress

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  Old water mill

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  Lesia Ukrainka's house

References

1. http://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=779 The murder of the Jews of Polonne

External links

• History of Jewish Community in Polonnoye