Novohrad-Volynskyi

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History

The city had and important Jewish community, at the beginning of the 20th century, they are 10 000 members (50% of the total population).^[2] In 1919, the Pogroms in Ukraine hit the city and troops of Symon Petliura murdered 1000 Jews.^[3] At the start of WWII, the town had 6 840 Jews, (30% of the total population). Hundreds of Jews are murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen in 1941. Survivors are kept imprisoned in harsh conditions in a ghetto and murdered in November 1942.^[4] An important part of the town is destroyed during the war.

The town is best known as the birthplace of Lesya Ukrainka (Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka, 1871-1939), famous nationalist Ukrainian poet, playwright, writer and more.

The city has previously been known as: Возвягель Vozvyahel’, Звяголь Zvyahol’, Звягель Zvyahel, Звягаль Zvyahal’

Gallery

Будівля вокзалу в Новограді-Волинському.jpg

Railway station
Меморіальний музей Лесі Українки.JPG

Lesya Ukrainka's house
Denkmal für die Opfer des Faschismus auf dem Massengrab für die im 2. Weltkrieg erschossenen Juden.jpg

Holocaust monument
Памятник Тарасу Шевченко.jpg

Taras Shevchenko monument
Фортеця, р. Случ..jpg

Novohrad Fortress over Sluch River