Liubeshiv

Liubeshiv (Ukrainian: Любешів, Polish: Lubieszów, Belarusian: Любяшоў) is an urban settlement (town) in Volyn Oblast (province), located in the historic region of the Polesia. It is an administrative seat of the Liubeshiv Raion. Population: 5,710 (2020 est.)[1]

Liubeshiv
Urban-type settlement
Liubeshiv
Liubeshiv
Coordinates: 51°46′N 25°30′E
Country Ukraine
Province Volyn Oblast
DistrictLiubeshiv Raion
First mentioned1484
Area
 • Total339 km2 (131 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total5,710
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History
Historical affiliations

Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1484–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1795
 Russian Empire 1795–1917
 Second Polish Republic 1919–1945
   Soviet Union 1939–1941 (occupation)
   Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
   Soviet Union 1944–1945 (occupation)
 Soviet Union 1945–1991
 Ukraine 1991–present

Lubieszów was first mentioned in 1484. It was a private town of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the Partitions of Poland it was annexed by Russia.

On November 9, 1943, 300 Poles were murdered by the Ukrainians as part of the genocide of Poles in Volhynia. A 2013 monument on the local Polish cemetery commemorates the victims[2]

  • Liubeshiv in 1915
  • Monument commemorating the victims of the 1943 massacre

Notable people

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. Grzegorz Rąkowski, "Wołyń", page 77
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