Liubeshiv ( uk, Любешів, pl, Lubieszów, be, Любяшоў, yi, ליבישויוו) is an
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 ...
in
Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion
Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion ( uk, Камінь-Каширський район) is a raion in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Kamin-Kashyrskyi. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative refo ...
of
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 ...
, in the historic region of the
Polesia
Polesia, Polesie, or Polesye, uk, Полісся (Polissia), pl, Polesie, russian: Полесье (Polesye) is a natural and historical region that starts from the farthest edge of Central Europe and encompasses Eastern Europe, including East ...
. It is an administrative seat of
Liubeshiv settlement hromada. Population:
History
Lubieszów was first mentioned in 1484. It was a
private town
A private town is a town owned by a private person or a family.
History of Private Towns in Poland
In the history of Poland, private towns (''miasta prywatne'') were towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights, princes, etc.
...
of
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The state was founded by Lit ...
, later part of
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ru ...
. After the
Partitions of Poland it was annexed by
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
.
On 9 November 1943, 300
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in C ...
were murdered by the
Ukrainians
Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...
as part of the
genocide of Poles in Volhynia. A 2013 monument on the local Polish cemetery commemorates the victims
[Grzegorz Rąkowski, "Wołyń", page 77]
Lubiašoŭ, Rynak-Zamkavaja. Любяшоў, Рынак-Замкавая (1915).jpg, Liubeshiv in 1915
Liubeshiv Volynska-Polish cemetery-central monument-1.jpg, Monument commemorating the victims of the 1943 massacre
Notable people
*
Taras Mykhalyk, retired Ukrainian footballer.
References
External links
Liubeshivat the
Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( uk, Українська радянська енциклопедія, ''Ukrayinska radyanska entsyklopediya'') was a multi-purpose encyclopedia of Ukraine, issued in the USSR.
First attempt
Following th ...
Urban-type settlements in Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion
Pinsky Uyezd
Polesie Voivodeship
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