Rozhyshche ( uk, Рожи́ще, pl, Rożyszcze, yi, ראזשישטש ''Rozhishch'') is a town in

Volyn Oblast Volyn Oblast ( uk, Воли́нська о́бласть, translit=Volýnsʹka óblastʹ; also referred to as Volyn or Lodomeria) is an oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town an ...

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. It serves as an

administrative center 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 A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

of Rozhyshche urban hromada. Population:

History

It was a settlement in Lutsky Uyezd in Volhynian Governorate of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. During the

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Axis forces occupied Rozhyshche in June 1941. A local newspaper is published here since January 1945. In January 1989 the population was 14 391 people.Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
/ref> Town since August 1989.

Gallery

File:Rozhysche_Kostel (YDS_7324).jpg, Transfiguration Domini Kostel (1920) File:Rozhysche_Mykhaylivs'ka Tserkva 01 (YDS_7327).jpg, St.Mikhael Church (view from street) File:Rozhysche_Mykhaylivs'ka Tserkva 03 (YDS_7321).jpg, St.Mikhael Church (entrance view) File:Rozhysche_Pam'yatnyk Zemlyakam 01 (YDS_7316).jpg,

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 opposin ...

Memorial

References

Cities in Volyn Oblast Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795) Volhynian Governorate Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939) Cities of district significance in Ukraine {{Volyn-geo-stub