Turiisk ( ua, Турійськ) is an urban settlement (town) in

Volyn Oblast Volyn Oblast ( uk, Воли́нська о́бласть, translit=Volýnsʹka óblastʹ; also referred to as Volyn or Lodomeria) is an oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town ...

(province) in Ukraine, located in the historic region of the

Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The ...

. It is located in

Kovel Raion Kovel Raion ( uk, Ковельський район) is a raion in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Kovel. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Volyn ...

. Population:

History

During World War II, in 1942, Jews of the village were murdered by an Einsatzgruppen assisted by

auxiliary police Auxiliary police, also called special police, are usually the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be armed or unarmed. They may be unpaid volunteers or paid members of the police service with which they are affiliated. The po ...

in a mass execution.

References

External links

Turiisk
at the

Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( uk, Українська радянська енциклопедія, ''Ukrayinska radyanska entsyklopediya'') was a multi-purpose encyclopedia of Ukraine, issued in the USSR. First attempt Following th ...

Urban-type settlements in Kovel Raion Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795) Kovelsky Uyezd Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939) Jewish Ukrainian history Holocaust locations in Ukraine {{Volyn-geo-stub