Liubeshiv

Liubeshiv
Urban-type settlement
Liubeshiv
Liubeshiv
Coordinates: 51°46′N 25°30′E / 51.767°N 25.500°E / 51.767; 25.500Coordinates: 51°46′N 25°30′E / 51.767°N 25.500°E / 51.767; 25.500
Country  Ukraine
Province  Volyn Oblast
District Liubeshiv Raion
First mentioned 1484
Area
 • Total 3,39 km2 (131 sq mi)
Population (2018)
 • Total 5,762[1]
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Liubeshiv (Polish: Lubieszów, Belarusian: Любяшоў) is an urban settlement (town) in Volyn Oblast (province), located in the historic region of the Polesia. It is an administrative seat of the Liubeshiv Raion.

History

Historical affiliations

Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1484–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1795
 Russian Empire 1795–1917
 Second Polish Republic 1919–1945
   Soviet Union 1939–1941 (occupation)
   Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
   Soviet Union 1944–1945 (occupation)
 Soviet Union 1945–1991
 Ukraine 1991–present

Lubieszów was first mentioned in 1484. It was a private town of Poland. After the Partitions of Poland it was annexed by Russia.

On November 9, 1943, 300 Poles were murdered by the Ukrainians as part of the genocide of Poles in Volhynia. A 2013 monument on the local Polish cemetery commemorates the victims[2]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2018 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2018. стор.16
  2. ↑ Grzegorz Rąkowski, "Wołyń", page 77
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