Mizoch ( uk, Мізоч, russian: Мизоч, pl, Mizocz, yi, מיזאָטש) is an
urban-type settlement in
Zdolbuniv Raion,
Rivne Oblast,
Ukraine, 30 km far from
Rivne. Its population was .
History
The first written record goes back to 1322. The confirmation of the city's legal status dates from 1429. In 1761, the King
Augustus III of Poland
Augustus III ( pl, August III Sas, lt, Augustas III; 17 October 1696 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Aug ...
granted Mizocz the
Magdeburg Rights. The civic self-government placed the city Velykyi Mizoch (Greater Mizoch) in the Luts'k district. Between world wars, Mizocz was a multi-ethnic community like many others in
eastern Poland
Eastern Poland is a macroregion in Poland comprising the Lublin, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Świętokrzyskie, and Warmian-Masurian voivodeships.
The make-up of the distinct macroregion is based not only of geographical criteria, but also economic ...
, inhabited by Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians. There was a military school in Mizocz for the
officer cadets of the Battalion 11 of the Polish Army's First Brigade;
the Karwicki Palace (built in 1790, partly destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1917), Hotel Barmocha Fuksa,
a Catholic and an Orthodox church, and a Synagogue. The nearest major city was
Równo.
In
World War II, the town was
invaded twice. It fell under
the Nazi occupation in 1941. The
Jewish inhabitants were first forced into the newly formed
Mizocz Ghetto, from which they were taken out and slaughtered at a nearby ravine.
[Struck, Janina, ''Photographing the Holocaust'', I. B. Tauris, at pp. 72-73. ]
In January 1989, the population was 4220 people.
Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
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The Gonfalon and modern emblem were approved by the city council on September 11, 1996.
Notable residents
* Sonia Peres, the wife of President and Prime Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres (; he, שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of ...
.
Gallery
Image:Mizoch COA old.png, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Emblem, Wielki Mizocz (W-M)
Image:Mizoch Old.jpg, Watchtower of the Polish military school for the officer cadets, 1925
Image:Mizoch_COA.png, Present-day Emblem
Image:Mizoch Flag.png, Gonfalon
Image:Mizoch.JPG, Roadsign
References
External links
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Urban-type settlements in Rivne Raion
Volhynian Governorate
Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939)
Holocaust locations in Ukraine