Pavlovo (; ) is a village in
Svaliava Raion
Svaliava Raion () was a raion of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Svaliava. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Mukachevo Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative ref ...
(
district
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) of
Zakarpattia Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...
(
province
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) in
western Ukraine
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. It had a population of 770, according to the 2001 census.
The village is located 17 miles from
Mukachevo
Mukachevo (, ; , ; see name section) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated in the valley of the Latorica River and serves as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion. The city is a rail terminus and highway junct ...
and 8 miles from
Svaliava
Svaliava (, ) is a city located on the Latorytsia River in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. It was the administrative center of the former Svaliava Raion (district) until its abolition in 2020, now it is located in Mukachevo Raion. Popul ...
.
According to the Ukrainian Census, about 99% of the population speak the Ukrainian language as a native language, while 0.13% speak Russian and 0.13% speak Belorussian.
Pavlovo had a Jewish community with a population of 71 in 1880. The Jewish community was eliminated during the
Holocaust
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, primarily through forced labor battalions and deportation to
Auschwitz concentration camp
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.
References
External links
History of the villages of Pavlovo and Rodnikova Huta
Solomonovo (Соломоновo) of Ukraine 1:100,000 topographic maps
Villages in Mukachevo Raion
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