Polohy (, ; russian: Пологи, translit=Pologi) is a city in
Zaporizhzhia Oblast,
Ukraine, currently under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
It serves as the administrative center of
Polohy Raion. Population: .
From 1928 to 1937, it carried the name of Chubarivka, after the Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
Vlas Chubar.
History
On 3 March 2022, Polohy was captured by Russian forces during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Notable people
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Viktor Poltavets (1925–2003), Soviet and Ukrainian artist
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Vitaliy Satskyi
Vitaliy Antonovych Satskyi ( uk, Віталій Антонович Сацький) was a Ukrainian politician, director of Zaporizhstal, former metallurgist. He was a member of the Academy of Mining Sciences of Ukraine (1993), the Academy of Engine ...
(1930–2017), Ukrainian politician
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Polina Zhemchuzhina, Soviet politician and wife of Soviet foreign minister
Vyacheslav Molotov
References
External links
The murder of the Jews of Polohyduring
World War II, at
Yad Vashem website.
Cities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Populated places established in the Russian Empire
Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Holocaust locations in Ukraine
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