Rokytne Raion ( uk, Рокитнівський район) was a
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
in
Rivne Oblast
Rivne Oblast ( uk, Рі́вненська о́бласть, translit=Rivnenska oblast), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna ( uk, Рі́вненщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of th ...
in western
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 ...
. Its
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
was the
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
of
Rokytne. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into
Sarny Raion
Sarny Raion ( uk, Сарненський район) is a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Sarny. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raion ...
on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Rivne Oblast to four. The last estimate of the raion population was
Demographics
Rokytne Raion was probably the place with the highest birth rate in all of Ukraine. The Raion recorded a birth rate of 24.0 per 1,000 in 2008. The village council of
Hlynne is widely regarded as holding the record for the highest birth rate in all of Europe.
* Births (2011) : 1,304 births at 24.0 per 1,000
* Births (2012) : 1,391 births at 25.9 per 1,000
* Births (2014) : 1,328 births at 24.0 per 1,000
* Births (2016) : 1,177 births at 20.6 per 1,000
* Births (2017) : 1,064 births at 18.5 per 1,000
* Births (2018) : 1,050 births at 18.2 per 1,000
* Deaths (2011) : 615 deaths at 11.3 per 1,000
* Deaths (2012) : 595 deaths at 11.1 per 1,000
* Deaths (2014) : 617 deaths at 11.2 per 1,000
* Deaths (2016) : 607 deaths at 10.6 per 1,000
* Deaths (2017) : 593 deaths at 10.3 per 1,000
* Deaths (2018) : 575 deaths at 10.0 per 1,000
World War 2
On 26 August 1942, after living under a reign of terror for just over a year, the Jews of Rokytne were ordered to gather in the central market square for deportation to a killing site outside the town. When many of them realized what was about to occur, the crowd began to panic. As people began to run, Nazi and Ukrainian police began to shoot. People were systematically shot or herded into waiting rail cars, destined for
Sarny
Sarny ( uk, Сáрни), translated as '' Does'', is a small city in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Sarny Raion (district), and is a major railway node on the Sluch River. Population:
History His ...
. Jews were also forcibly transferred to Sarny from the towns of
Tomashorod,
Klesiv
Klesiv ( uk, Клесів; pl, Klesów) is an urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Population:
History
Klesiv was first founded in the beginning of the 20th century. It was a settlem ...
and
Dubrovytsia For other towns with a similar name see Dąbrowica (disambiguation)
Dubrovytsia (, , , ) is a town in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It is administrative center of Dubrovytsia Raion, and is the site of the now ruined Jewish shtetl of Dombrovitza. Po ...
.
This event is collectively referred to as part of the 1942 Sarny Massacre.
See also
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Subdivisions of Ukraine
The administrative divisions of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Адміністрати́вний у́стрій Украї́ни, tr. ''Administratyvnyi ustrii Ukrainy'') are subnational administrative divisions within the geographical area of Ukraine un ...
References
Israel Greenberg, "Tearful Events" (Ala Gamulka, trans.). Contained in E. Leoni (ed.), Rokitno-Wolyn and Surroundings; Memorial Book and Testimony. Tel Aviv, 1967.
[ /ref> Shmuel Spector, The Jews of Volhynia and their Reaction to Extermination. Yad Vashem, The Untold Stories: The Murder Sites of The Jews In the Occupied Territories of the Former USSR, pp. 159–186 at p. 161. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
]
External links
rv.gov.ua
Former raions of Rivne Oblast
1939 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
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