Snovsk
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| Snovsk Сновськ |
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| Town | |
| Shchors railway station
Shchors railway station
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| Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Chernihiv |
| Founded | 1860 |
| City status | 1924 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,8 km2 (49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 119 m (390 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 11,393 |
Snovsk (Ukrainian: Сновськ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The population was 12,315 in 2001.
The city was named after the Snov River on which it is situated. City was called Shchors between 1935 and 2016, in honour of Nikolay Shchors.
External links
- The murder of the Jews of Shchors during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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