Kolky
Kolky ( uk, Колки) may refer to the following places in Ukraine: * Kolky, urban-type settlement in Manevychi Raion, Volyn Oblast * Kolky, village in Teofipol Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast * Kolky, village in Dubrovytsia Raion, Rivne Oblast {{SIA, populated places in Ukraine ...
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Kolky (urban-type Settlement)
Kolky (), also Kolki ( yi, Kolki; pl, Kołki; russian: Колки; hu, Kolke), is an urban-type settlement in Lutsk Raion, Volyn Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the historic region of Volhynia. Kolky has a population of Kolky is located on the confluence of the Styr and Rudka rivers, Lutsk. History First time mentioned in 1545. The place has the urban-type settlement status since 1940. The Jewish population was important before World War II, around a third of the total population (724 members in 1921, 860 in 1937). The German army occupied the city at the end of 1941. 50 Jews were murdered by the Ukrainian police during the summer of 1941. In October 1941, Jews were forced to live in a ghetto. In July 1942, the Jewish population was massacred by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans, members of Sicherheitsdienst and Gendarmerie and by Ukrainians, members of the local police. The Kolky Republic, a wartime state, was organized in Kolky by Ukrainian partisans during t ...
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