Dovbysh

Dovbysh Довбиш
Rural settlement
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Coordinates: 50.372239°N 27.989475°E / 50.372239; 27.989475
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
Raion	Zviahel Raion
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Dovbysh (Ukrainian: Довбиш; Polish: Dołbysz) is a rural settlement in Zviahel Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The settlement was previously known as Markhlevsk (Ukrainian: Мархлевськ; Polish: Marchlewsk) after the Polish-born Soviet politician and civil activist Julian Marchlewski. Population: 4,071 (2022 estimate)[1]

History

In the 1920s Marchlewsk was an administrative center of Marchlewszczyzna, a Polish National Raion of Zhytomyr Okruha [ru]. Later it was incorporated into Kyiv Oblast.^[citation needed]

During World War II, Jews of the town[2] were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe.[3]

Until 26 January 2024, Dovbush was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dovbush became a rural settlement.[4]

See also

• Polish Autonomous District

References

1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
2. "Ukraine RD: Dovbysh".
3. "Yahad - in Unum".
4. "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.

50°22′17″N 27°59′8″E