Sosnove

Sosnove
Urban-type settlement
Main Street and square in Sosnove
Main Street and square in Sosnove
Flag of Sosnove
Flag
Coat of arms of Sosnove
Coat of arms
Sosnove is located in Rivne Oblast
Sosnove
Sosnove
Sosnove is located in Ukraine
Sosnove
Sosnove
Coordinates: 50°49′N 27°00′E / 50.817°N 27.000°E / 50.817; 27.000
Country Ukraine
Province Rivne Oblast
DistrictRivne Raion
Founded1708
Population
 (2022)
 • Total1,925
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Sosnove (Ukrainian: Соснове, Russian: Сосновое, Polish: Ludwipol) is an urban-type settlement in Rivne Raion of Rivne Oblast, Ukraine, located in the historic region of Volhynia. Population: 1,925 (2022 estimate).[1]

The Sluch River flows through the town.

History

Historical affiliations

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1708–1793
 Russian Empire 1793–1917
 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

The town of Ludwipol was founded in 1708 after the town of Hubków, which lies 4 km to the east of current day Sosnove, was destroyed during the Swedish invasion of Poland during the Great Northern War.

Before 1918 Ludwipol was a settlement in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Between World War I and World War II Ludwipol was a capital of the Ludwipol gmina in Kostopol County, Wołyń Voivodship of Poland, and its population was mostly Jewish. The Gmina Ludwipol consisted of villages, colonies, and hutors in most cases no longer in existence; not even traces of their names remain.

There is a memorial for the mass grave of Ludvipol Jewish families killed by the Nazis in 1942. The memorial is located in the forest across the Sluch, a short way from town.

The Wójt for the gmina during this inter-war period was Marian Chołodecki. Sometime during 1944 the entire town of Ludwipol was burned to the ground in retaliation for the killing of some German soldiers by area partisans. The eradication of the Gmina Ludwipol was a result of both the ethnic cleansing by Ukrainian nationalists in World War II especially in 1943, as well as the population transfer conducted by the Soviets in 1945.[citation needed] The remaining inhabitants were moved to the Recovered Territories of Poland.

In its place a new settlement called Sosnove was built.

In January 1989 the population was 2,213.[2]

In January 2013 the population was 2,033.[3]

Other names and spelling variations

  • Sosnovoje (Ukrainian)
  • Selisht, Selishche (Yiddish)
  • Seish Scihin (Yiddish)
  • Siedlisczce, Siedliszcze (Russian)
  • Sagol Slistht (German)
  • Ludwipol, Ludvipol, Lyudvipol (Ukrainian)
  • Ludwipol (Polish)
  • Lyudvilpol (Hungarian)
  • Lyudvopol (Czech)

References

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  3. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.90" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  • Aharon Golub Kaddishel: A Life Reborn ISBN 978-1932687477 Unlike Concentration Camp accounts, the author relates the story of a young boy growing up in Ludwipol, a small Jewish, Polish and Ukrainian village. He was an eye-witness to the ghettoization, eventual mass murder of the Jewish population in 1942 by the Nazis and their collaborators.

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