Derazhne ( uk, Деражне, pl, Deraźne, rus, Деражное) is a village in western Ukraine, in Rivne Raion of Rivne Oblast, but was formerly administered within

Kostopil Raion Kostopil Raion ( uk, Костопільський район) was a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the town of Kostopil. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Rivne Raion on 18 July 202 ...

. In 2001, Derazhne had 2102 residents. Postal code — 35053. KOATUU code — 5623481601.

History

Derazhne was mentioned for the first time in the historical sources in 1272. In 1626, Prince Janusz Ostrogski has built here a church of the Holy Trinity. A new stone catholic church was built in 1804, and an orthodox church in 1824. A Karaite Jewish (

Karaim Karaite or Qaraite may refer to: *Karaite Judaism, a Jewish religious movement that rejects the Talmud ** Crimean Karaites, an ethnic group derived from Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Eastern Europe *** Karaim language, Turkic l ...

) community existed in Derazhne since the late 1500s. The community was severely damaged during the Chmielnicki uprising in 1649, and two poems about the destruction were written in Hebrew and in Turkic Karaim language by the leader of the congregation,

Hazzan A ''hazzan'' (; , lit. Hazan) or ''chazzan'' ( he, חַזָּן , plural ; Yiddish ''khazn''; Ladino ''Hasan'') is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who helps lead the congregation in songful prayer. In English, this pr ...

Joseph ben Yesh'uah Ha-Mashbir. Apparently, a small Karaite community survived until the

Haidamakas The haidamakas, also haidamaky or haidamaks (singular ''haidamaka'', ua, Гайдамаки, ''Haidamaky'') were Ukrainian paramilitary outfits composed of commoners (peasants, craftsmen), and impoverished noblemen in the eastern part of the ...

uprising in 1768 During the

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

(1918-1939) Derazhne was the seat of the rural municipality in the district of Rivne Derażne, and from 1 January 1925, of Kostopol Volyn province. The Jewish population constituted 624 persons in 1921.''Холокост на территории СССР: Энциклопедия'', Moscow, 2009, s.263 After the Nazi German troops entered Derazhne on June 28, 1941, the ghetto was organized on October 5, 1941, and it was liquidated on August 24, 1942. 1,868 Jews were killed altogether in the nearby village of Osowa Wyszka by an

Einsatzgruppen (, ; also ' task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the im ...

. About 70 Poles were also killed during the war with only one surviving Polish family. Murdered by Ukrainian policemen in German service and members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Ukrainian artist and

OUN Oun or OUN may refer to People * Ahmed Oun (born '1946), Libyan major general * Ek Yi Oun (1910–2013), Cambodian politician * Kham-Oun I (1885–1915), Lao queen consort * Õun, an Estonian surname; notable people with this surname * Oun Kham (18 ...

activist Nil Khasevich (1905-1952) served as a Judge in Derazhne during the Nazi occupation period in 1941. Ukrainian and Russian poet Rostislav Zass (1940-1999) lived for many years and was buried in Derazhne. In 2010, a memorial for Ukrainian Insurgent Army freedom fighters was built in Derazhne.

References

External links

* Articl
Derażne
in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, Volume I (Aa — Dereneczna), 1880 year Derazhne s

Weather in Derazhne
* Volhynian Governorate Jewish Ukrainian history Holocaust locations in Ukraine {{Rivne-geo-stub Villages in Rivne Raion