Povorsk

{{infobox settlement

| name = Povorsk

| native_name = Поворськ

| native_name_lang = Ukrainian

| pushpin_map = Ukraine Volyn Oblast#Ukraine

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}}

| subdivision_type1 = Oblast

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Volyn Oblast}}

| subdivision_type2 = Raion

| subdivision_name2 = Kovel Raion

| subdivision_type3 = Hromada

| subdivision_name3 = Povorsk rural hromada

| population = 1875

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 45050

| population_as_of = 2001

| image_flag = Povorsk prapor.png

| image_shield = Povorsk gerb.png

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name =

| leader_party =

| seat_type =

| seat =

| coordinates = {{coord|51|16|N|25|08|E|display=title|region:UA_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

| population_density_km2 = 295.97

| area_total_km2 = 6.335

| elevation_m = 169

| area_code = +380 3352

}}

Povorsk ({{langx|uk|Поворськ}}) is a village in Volhyna region in Ukraine, in Kovel Raion of Volyn Oblast. The town is 25 kilometers east of Kovel. It has a population of 1875.

History

On June 26, 1941, the German army occupied the village. From August to September 1942, Jews of the village were kept in a ghetto. In September 1942, an Einsatzgruppen murdered 200 Jews in a mass execution.{{cite web|url=http://yahadmap.org/#village/povorsk-volyn-ukraine.237|publisher=yahadmap.org|title=YAHAD - IN UNUM|accessdate=2017-07-15}}

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