Olevsk
{{short description|City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Olevsk
| native_name_lang = uk
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| native_name = Олевськ
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = File:Olevsk 01.jpg
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| image_caption = Downtown Olevsk
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| image_shield = File:COA of Olevsk.png
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}}
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = Zhytomyr Oblast
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name2 = Korosten Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Olevsk urban hromada
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| population_as_of = 2022
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| population_total = 10032
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| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{Coord|51|13|N|27|39|E|region:UA_type:city|display=title, inline}}
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Olevsk ({{Langx|uk|Олевськ}}, {{IPA|uk|oˈlɛu̯sʲk|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Олевськ.wav}}; {{Langx|pl|Olewsk}}; {{langx|yi|אלעווסק}}) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. As of January 2022 its population was approximately {{Ua-pop-est2022|10,032|punct=.|showyear=false}}
History
{{Historical affiliations
| float = left|{{flagicon image|Alex K Grundwald flags 1410-03.svg}} Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1488–1569)|{{flagicon image|Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg}} Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1793)|{{flag|Russian Empire}} (1793–1917)|{{flag|Ukrainian People's Republic}} (1917–1918)|{{flagicon image|Flag of Ukraine.svg}} Ukrainian State (1918)|{{flag|Ukrainian People's Republic}} (1918–1919)|{{flagicon image|Flag of Poland (1919–1928).svg}} Republic of Poland (1919–1920){{cn|date=January 2024}}|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1929).svg}} Soviet Ukraine (1920–1922)|{{flag|Soviet Union}} (1922–1991)|{{flag|Nazi Germany}} (1941–1944) (occupation)|{{flag|Ukraine}} (1991–present)
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Olevsk was first mentioned in 1488. In 1641 Olevsk was granted Magdeburg city rights by Polish King Władysław IV Vasa.
Later it became a town in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.
During World War II on November 15 or 21, 1941, members of Taras Bulba-Borovets' Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army collaborated with the German administration in taking more than 500 Jews from Olevsk to Varvarivka, where they were murdered.{{cite news|last1=McBride|first1=Jared|title=Ukrainian Holocaust Perpetrators Are Being Honored in Place of Their Victims|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/208439/holocaust-perpetrators-honored|access-date=July 22, 2016|work=The Tablet|date=July 20, 2016}}
On December 25, 2011, the city council of Olevsk renamed the streets of the city that bore the names of Soviet leaders, naming them in honor of prominent figures of the Ukrainian nationalist and patriotic movement. The streets and lanes named after Pavlo Postyshev, Stanislav Kosior, Hryhoriy Petrovsky, Mykhailo Kalinin, and Hryhoriy Kotovsky were renamed. Instead, they were named after Olena Teliha, Oleh Olzhych, Hetman Vyhovsky, Oleksiy Opanasiuk, Heroes of Kruty, the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, and Yuriy Tiutiunnyk.{{Cite web|url=http://ukranews.com/uk/news/ukraine/2011/12/25/60746|title=На Житомирщині перейменували всі радянські назви вулиць|accessdate=4 January 2012|archive-date=20 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320204747/http://ukranews.com/uk/news/ukraine/2011/12/25/60746}}
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Gallery
File:Ubort River in Olevsk 03.jpg|Ubort River in Olevsk
File:Вокзал станції Олевськ.jpg|Olevsk railway station
File:Привокзальна площа Олевська.jpg|Saint Nicholas monument
File:М. Олевськ Житомирської області. Миколаївська церква..JPG|St. Nicholas Church
References
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{{Zhytomyr Oblast}}
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Category:Cities in Zhytomyr Oblast
Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Category:Holocaust locations in Ukraine
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