Pyriatyn (, ) is a city in

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. It served as the administrative center of Pyriatyn Raion until its abolishment in 2020. Population:

History

At the end of 1941 or beginning 1942, a

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guarded by policemen was established and numbered over 1,500 Jews by late March 1942. There were two major executions of Jews carried out by SD units Sonderkommando Plath, accompanied by Ukrainian auxiliary police. The first one took place on April 6, 1942, about 1530 Jews were taken to the woods, 3 km away from the town, and murdered. The second mass execution took place on May 18, 1942, when several Jewish families were killed along with 380 communists and Soviet militants, and 25 Gypsy families.

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:

Geography

The city of Pyriatyn is located on the right bank of the Udai River. 1 km upstream are the villages of Verkhoiarivka, Yivzhenky and Zamostyshche, downstream at a distance of 3 km is the village of Mala Krucha. The river in this place is winding and forms estuaries, old lakes and marshy lakes. Highways E40 (M03), T 2501 and P60, railway and Pyriatyn station pass nearby.

Gallery

File:The house where he worked Komsomol district committee.jpg, Historical building File:Україна. Автошлях М 03. Пирятин.jpg, M03 Highway in Pyriatyn File:Udaj near Pyrjatyn.JPG, Udai River near Pyriatyn File:Т-34.JPG, T-34 monument

References

External links

The murder of the Jews of Pyriatyn
during

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, at

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