Sosnove () is a
rural settlement in
Rivne Raion of
Rivne Oblast,
Ukraine, located in the historic region of
Volhynia. Population:
The
Sluch River flows through the settlement.
History
The town of Sosnove was founded in 1708 after the town of Hubków, which lies 4 km to the east of current day Sosnove, was destroyed during the Swedish invasion of
Poland during the
Great Northern War.
Before 1918 Sosnove was a settlement in
Volhynian Governorate of the
Russian Empire.
Between
World War I and
World War II Sosnove was a capital of the Sosnove ''
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
'' in
Kostopol
Kostopil ( uk, Косто́піль, pl, Kostopol) is a small city, originally named Ostlec Wielki or Ostaltsi, on the Zamchysko river in Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine (historical Volhynia). It was the administrative center of the Kostop ...
County,
Wołyń Voivodship of Poland, and its population was mostly Jewish. The Gmina Sosnove consisted of villages, colonies, and
hutor
A khutor ( rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir ( uk, хутiр, pl. , ''khutory'') is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single-homestead settlement. s in most cases no longer in existence; not even traces of their names remain.
There is a memorial for the mass grave of Ludvipol Jewish families killed by the Nazis in 1942. The memorial is located in the forest across the
Sluch, a short way from town.
The ''
Wójt'' for the gmina during this inter-war period was Marian
Chołodecki
Chołodecki (variously spelled as Cholodecki, Hołodecki, Holodecki) is the Polish surname of one of the noble (''szlachta'') families.
It is derived from the village of Chołodec located in Wołyń, currently located in Ukraine.
According to ...
. Sometime during 1944 the entire town of Sosnove was burned to the ground in retaliation for the killing of some German soldiers by area partisans. The eradication of the Gmina Sosnove was a result of both the
ethnic cleansing
Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, and religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making a region ethnically homogeneous. Along with direct removal, extermination, deportation or population transfer ...
by Ukrainian nationalists in
World War II especially in 1943, as well as the
population transfer conducted by the
Soviets
Soviet people ( rus, сове́тский наро́д, r=sovyétsky naród), or citizens of the USSR ( rus, гра́ждане СССР, grázhdanye SSSR), was an umbrella demonym for the population of the Soviet Union.
Nationality policy in th ...
in 1945. The remaining inhabitants were moved to the
Recovered Territories of
Poland.
In its place a new settlement called Sosnove was built.
In January 1989 the population was 2,213.
In January 2013 the population was 2,033.
Until 26 January 2024, Sosnove was designated
urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Sosnove became a rural settlement.
Other names and spelling variations
* Sosnovoje (Ukrainian)
* Selisht, Selishche (Yiddish)
* Seish Scihin (Yiddish)
* Siedlisczce, Siedliszcze (Russian)
* Sagol Slistht (German)
* Sosnove, Ludvipol, Lyudvipol (Ukrainian)
* Sosnove (Polish)
* Lyudvilpol (Hungarian)
* Lyudvopol (Czech)
References
* Aharon Golub Kaddishel: A Life Reborn Unlike Concentration Camp accounts, the author relates the story of a young boy growing up in Sosnove, a small Jewish, Polish and Ukrainian village. He was an eye-witness to the ghettoization, eventual mass murder of the Jewish population in 1942 by the Nazis and their collaborators.
External links
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Rural settlements in Rivne Raion
Rovensky Uyezd
Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939)
Populated places established in 1708
Historic Jewish communities in Ukraine
1708 establishments in Europe
Nazi war crimes in Ukraine
Mass murder in 1942