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Palykorovy ( ua, Паликорови) is a village (''selo'') in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. It belongs to
Pidkamin settlement hromada Pidkamin ( uk, Підкамінь, pl, Podkamień) is an urban-type settlement in Zolochiv Raion (district), Lviv oblast in Ukraine. It is located near the administrative border of three oblasts, Lviv, Rivne, and Ternopil. Pidkamin hosts the ad ...
, one of the
hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s of Ukraine. Palykorovy was founded in 1501. The name literally "burn the cows". From 1918 to 1939 the village was known by its Polish spelling "Palikrowy" as it was then located in the
Tarnopol Voivodeship Tarnopol Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo tarnopolskie) was an administrative region of interwar Poland (1918–1939), created on 23 December 1920, with an area of 16,500 km² and provincial capital in Tarnopol (now ''Ternopil'', Ukraine). The voi ...
in Poland.


History

The village was founded in 1501. On March 12, 1944 an act of ethnic cleansing took place allegedly by
SS-Galizien The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (german: 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS alizische Nr. 1}; uk, 14а Гренадерська Дивізія СС (1а галицька)), known as the 14th SS-Volunteer Division ...
, SVK ("Self-defence"), and Ukrainian Insurgent Army on Poles in the village of Palykorovy. 365 Poles were executed. Palikrowy was an ethnically mixed village, with 70% Polish population. In 1944, the population was about 1880, with about 360 houses. On 12 March 1944, village was surrounded by soldiers of SS-Galizien and local SVK and UIA units. Action was coordinated with an attack in nearby
Pidkamin Pidkamin ( uk, Підкамінь, pl, Podkamień) is an urban-type settlement in Zolochiv Raion (district), Lviv oblast in Ukraine. It is located near the administrative border of three oblasts, Lviv, Rivne, and Ternopil. Pidkamin hosts the ad ...
including the monastery in Pidkamin, where some of inhabitants from Palykorovy were hiding from the ethnic cleansing actions in Western Ukraine. The inhabitants from Palykorovy are reported to have gathered in a meadow near village. The Ukrainians were released. Then Polish were executed from two heavy machine guns. Only a few wounded people survived. Polish houses were burned down and hiding Polish civilians were murdered, with their property stolen. Until 18 July 2020, Palykorovy belonged to
Brody Raion Brody Raion ( uk, Бродівський район, translit: ''Brodivs’kyi raion'') was a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) of Western Ukraine. Its administrative center was Brody. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Brody Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion.


See also

* Historiography of the Volyn tragedy * Massacres of Poles in Volhynia *
Huta Pieniacka massacre The Huta Pieniacka massacre was a massacre of the Polish inhabitants of the village Huta Pieniacka, located in modern-day Ukraine, which took place on February 28, 1944. Estimates of the number of victims range from 500, to 1,200.Chodaczkow Wielki massacre Velykyi Khodachkiv ( uk, Великий Ходачків, pl, Chodaczków Wielki) is a selo in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It lies on the banks of the Rudka river, on the rail line from Ternopil to Rohatyn. Velykyi Khodachkiv belon ...
*
Pidkamin massacre The Pidkamin massacre or the Podkamień massacre of 12 March 1944 was the massacre of Polish civilians committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under the command of Maksym Skorupsky (Maks), in cooperation with a unit of the 14th SS-Volun ...


Sources

* Henryk Komański, Szczepan Siekierka, ''Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach w województwie tarnopolskim w latach 1939-1946''; 1182 pages, format B5, 379 illustrations, hard cover * Grzegorz Motyka, Ukraińska Partyzantka 1942–1960, Warszawa 2006


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{{Lviv-geo-stub Villages in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast