Turiisk ( ua, Турійськ) is an urban settlement (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 ...

(province) in Ukraine, located in the historic region of the

Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...

. It is located in

Kovel Raion Kovel Raion ( uk, Ковельський район) is a raion in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Kovel. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Volyn ...

. Population:

History

During World War II, in 1942, Jews of the village were murdered by an

Einsatzgruppen (, ; also ' task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the im ...

assisted by auxiliary police in a mass execution.

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External links

Turiisk
at the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia Urban-type settlements in Kovel Raion Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795) Kovelsky Uyezd Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939) Jewish Ukrainian history Holocaust locations in Ukraine {{Volyn-geo-stub