Kupychiv ( uk, Купичів, pl, Kupiczów, also called ''Kupiczów Czeski'' – ''Czech Kupychiv'') is a village located in northwestern

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The ...

. The village is in

Kovel raion Kovel Raion ( uk, Ковельський район) is a raion in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Kovel. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Volyn ...

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, but was formerly administered within Turiisk Raion. The village has a population of 854.Information about village site

Supreme Council of Ukraine The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

History

In the Second Polish Republic, Kupychiv (then Kupiczów) was part of the Kovel county, Volhynian Voivodeship. In 1939, it had around 1000 inhabitants, most of whom were

Czechs The Czechs ( cs, Češi, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, ...

, also some Poles and Jews. In the village there was a Roman-Catholic church as well as a

Hussite The Hussites ( cs, Husité or ''Kališníci''; "Chalice People") were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus, who became the best known representative of the Bohemian Reformation. The Huss ...

chapel. During the

Massacres of Poles in Volhynia The massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia ( pl, rzeź wołyńska, lit=Volhynian slaughter; uk, Волинська трагедія, lit=Volyn tragedy, translit=Volynska trahediia), were carried out in German-occupied Poland by the ...

, Kupychiv became one of centers of Czech self-defence, which, allied with local Poles, together fought Ukrainian nationalists of the

Ukrainian Insurgent Army The Ukrainian Insurgent Army ( uk, Українська повстанська армія, УПА, translit=Ukrayins'ka povstans'ka armiia, abbreviated UPA) was a Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary and later partisan formation. During World ...

. In the summer of 1943, the Ukrainians tried to capture the village, but failed. After 1944, when Volhynia became part of the

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, most of Czech and Polish survivors left the village.

Gallery

File:Kupytchiv_Preobrazhens'ka Tserkva 01 (YDS_8077).jpg, Transfiguration church in Kupychiv (1920) File:Kupytchiv_Troyits'ka Tsekva (YDS_8054).jpg, Holy Trinity church in Kupychiv (1825) - view from the street File:Kupytchiv_Troyits'ka Tsekva 02 (YDS_8058).jpg, Holy Trinity church in Kupychiv - view from the cemetery File:Kupytchiv_Kostel 01 (YDS_8044).jpg, Church of Czech community in Kupychiv (1900) - front view File:Kupytchiv_Kostel 03 (YDS_8046).jpg, Church of Czech community in Kupychiv - side view File:Kupytchiv_Pans'kiy Budynok 01 (YDS_8065).jpg, Former Manor House (XVIII-ХІХ cent.), currently- Kupychiv village council File:Kupytchiv_Mogyla Brats'ka Voyiniv 01 (YDS_8069).jpg, Memorial and common grave of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

warriors File:Kupytchiv_Mohyla 17 Voyniv UPA zagyblyh u boyu z nimtsyamy (YDS_8070).jpg, Memorial and common grave of

(UPA) warriors (1943) File:Kupytchiv_Brats'ka Mogyla Rosiys'kyh Voyiniv (YDS_8071).jpg, Common grave of Russian army soldiers fallen during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

File:Kupytchiv_Pam'yatniy Znak Uchasnykam Natsional'no-vyzvol'nyh Zmagann' 01 (YDS_8072).jpg, Memorial Cross in honour of Ukraine national liberation warriors

External links

List of families living in pre-1939 Kupiczow
Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795) Vladimir-Volynsky Uyezd Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939) {{Volyn-geo-stub Villages in Kovel Raion