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Berestyane Destination Guide

Explore Berestyane in Ukraine

Berestyane in the region of Volyns'ka is a place in Ukraine - some 206 mi or ( 331 km ) West of Kiev , the country's capital city .

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Time in Berestyane is now 01:19 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Kiev " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Chişinău, Pinsk, Minsk, Ivanava, and Oradea. Since you are here already, consider visiting Chişinău . Where to go and what to see in Berestyane ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Trochenbrod

Trochenbrod or Trohinbrod in Russian was a Jewish shtetl (village) with an area 1,728 acres once located in western Ukraine, about 30 kilometers northeast of Lutsk, the nearest now existing villages are Яромель (Yaromel) and Клубочин (Klubochyn). It was also known as Sofievka or Zofiówka, named after Sofia, a Russian princess who donated land for the Jewish settlement.

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Located at 50.94 25.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Former populated places in Ukraine, History of Volyn Oblast, Jewish Polish history, Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland, Populated places established in 1835, Shtetls

Massacre of Ostrówki

Massacre of Ostrówki was a mass murder of Polish inhabitants of a Volhynian village of Ostrówki, located in the interbellum in the gmina of Huszcza, Luboml county, Volhynian Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic, now known as Ostrowky, located in the Manevychi Raion of the Volyn oblast, Ukraine. On August 30, 1943, armed members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UIA) murdered 438 Poles. Among the victims there were 246 children under 14 years of age.

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Located at 51.07 25.69 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 1943 in Europe, Genocides, History of Poland (1939–1945), Mass murder in 1943, Massacres in Ukraine, Massacres of Poles in Volhynia, Poland–Ukraine relations, World War II crimes in Poland, World War II massacres