Bazar ( uk, Базар) is a village in the

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...

in North-Western

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. In a past it used to be a town. Bazar is located in

Korosten Raion Korosten Raion ( uk, Коростенський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Korosten. The raion covers an area of . It makes Korosten raion the largest by area in Ukraine. P ...

which suffered from the

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and some populated places were abandoned and population was relocated.

History

Bazar is probably best known for the execution on November 22, 1921 of 359 soldiers of the

Ukrainian National Republic The Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR), or Ukrainian National Republic (UNR), was a country in Eastern Europe that existed between 1917 and 1920. It was declared following the February Revolution in Russia by the First Universal. In March 19 ...

army during the final stages of the

Second Winter Campaign The Second Winter Campaign was a failed military campaign by the Ukrainian National Army in October and November 1921 against the Bolsheviks. It was the last campaign of the Ukrainian armed forces in post-World War I attempt to achieve independen ...

. In 1941, an attempt was organised by Oleh Kandyba Olzhych to create a memorial to the fallen, however this was prevented by mass arrests by the occupying

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forces.

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{{Zhytomyr-geo-stub Villages in Korosten Raion