Jałowicze, (uk: Яловичі, pl: Jełowicze)
is a village in
Volhynia,
Western Ukraine
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in the
Dubno Raion,
Rivne Oblast. It lies
15 km south east of
Lutsk, on the right bank of the
Styr
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river.
History
The village's origins were as a
Ruthenian settlement within the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Jełowicze together with the neighbouring hamlet of Bożeniec, belonged through the 14th and 15th-centuries to the Ruthenian
Jełowicki family
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, whose name dates from the 14th-century and recalls their ownership of the domain. With the signing of the
Union of Lublin in 1569, it became part of the
Lithuanian-Polish commonwealth. The village
baroque
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church built in 1669, was founded by a Lutsk judge, for the
Dominican Order.
[Wolski, Marian (ed.) ''Urzędnicy wołyńscy XIV-XVIII w.'', Kórnik, 2007, p. 164. (in Polish)] Following the
Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, the territory was occupied by the
Russian Empire and the religious oder was suppressed, turning the abbey church into a parish church.
After
World War I Jałowicze became part of the
Second Republic of Poland.
The
Soviet invasion of Poland, led to its incorporation into the
Soviet Union.
Notable features
* Jałowicze fortified castle was erected in the 14th-century. In the 17th century, the remnants of the castle were integrated in a Dominican abbey. Subsequently, fragments of the abbey walls became the priests house.
References
External links
Mlyniv Raion, Rivne Oblast (Млинівський район, Ровенська область) The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR
''The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR'' ( uk, Історія міст і сіл Української РСР) is a Ukrainian encyclopedia, published in 26 volumes. It provides knowledge about the history of all populated places ...
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dr Mieczysław Orłowicz, ''Ilustrowany przewodnik po Wołyniu, okolice Łucka, Żydyczyn, Torczyn, Targowica'' - An illustrated guide to Volhynia: the neighbourhoods of Lutsk, Żydyczyn, Torczyn and Targowica
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