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Stepan ( uk, Степань; pl, Stepań; he, סטפאן) is an urban-type settlement in
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 ...
( district) of Rivne Oblast ( province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,073 as of the
2001 Ukrainian Census The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.
. Current population: The settlement is located in the historic Volhynia region of Ukraine, on the left bank of the
Horyn The Horyn or Haryn ( uk, Горинь ; be, Гарынь ; russian: Горы́нь; pl, Horyń) is a tributary of the Pripyat, which flows through Ukraine and Belarus. The Horyn is long, and has a drainage basin of .Prypiat Pripyat ( ; russian: При́пять), also known as Prypiat ( uk, При́пʼять, , ), is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 19 ...
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History

The first written mention of Stepan dates back to 1290. In 1900, the Jewish population of Stepan totaled 1,854. During the World War II occupation of Ukraine, the Nazi German occupying forces established a Jewish ghetto, where nearly 3000 Jews were killed. In 1960, Stepan acquired the status of an urban-type settlement.


People from Stepan

* Stanisław Gabriel Worcell (1799–1857), socialist Polish revolutionary


See also

* Klesiv, the other urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion of Rivne Oblast


References


External links

* Urban-type settlements in Sarny Raion Populated places established in the 13th century Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795) Volhynian Governorate Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939) Shtetls Holocaust locations in Ukraine {{Rivne-geo-stub