Kalynivka (, ; ; ) is a city in

Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast (, ), also referred to as Vinnychchyna (), is an oblasts of Ukraine, oblast in central Ukraine. Its capital city, administrative center is Vinnytsia. The oblast has a population of History Vinnytsia Oblast, first established on ...

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. Kalynivka served as the administrative center of the former Kalynivka Raion until 2020. It has a population of

History

The Jewish population was important in the town. During World War II, the Germans occupied the town and kept the Jews prisoners in a

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. In May 1942, hundreds of Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an

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2017 munitions explosion

On 26 September 2017, at about 10:00 pm (19:00 UTC), the

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depot for the

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, just south of the town, blew up causing extensive damage to nearby houses and other buildings. This was implied (if not claimed) to be

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n "sabotage" by Ukrainian authorities, including

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and

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.Thousands flee huge 'sabotage' explosion at Ukraine arms depot
Andriy Perun, AFP / SpaceDaily.com, 2017-09-27 In September 2021 the general prosecutor announced that evidence confirmed sabotage.

Gallery

File:Протестантська церква Калинівка Вінницька область.JPG, St. Paraskeva Church File:Калинівка Пам'ятник С.Руданському 1.jpg, Stepan Rudanskyi monument in downtown Kalynivka

Notable people

Vitaliy Buyalskyi (born 1993), Ukrainian footballer

References

External links

The murder of the Jews of Kalynivka
during

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, at

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