Snovsk ( uk, Сновськ ) is a city in
Koriukivka Raion
Koriukivka Raion ( uk, Корюківський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the town of Koriukivka. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative ...
,
Chernihiv Oblast
Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...
(
province) of
Ukraine. Population: It hosts the administration of
Snovsk urban hromada
Snovsk ( uk, Сновськ ) is a city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: It hosts the administration of Snovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population was 12,315 in 2001.
Name
The cit ...
, one of the
hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s of Ukraine.
The population was 12,315 in 2001.
Name
The city was named after the
Snov River on which it is situated. The city was called Shchors between 1935 and 2016, in honour of
Nikolay Shchors. On 21 May 2016,
Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Shchors to Snovsk and Shchors Raion to Snovsk Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.
History
On the eve of WWII, about 16% of the population was Jewish (1,402 Jews). The Germans occupied the city on September 3, 1941. They
kept the Jews prisoners in a
ghetto and subjected them to perform different kinds of forced labor. In 1941 and 1942, hundreds of them were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an
Einsatzgruppen
(, ; also ' task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the im ...
in the nearby forest.
Until 18 July 2020, Snovsk was the administrative center of
Snovsk Raion
Snovsk Raion ( uk, Сновський район), until May 2016 Shchors Raion ( uk, Щорський район), was a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Snovsk. The r ...
(before 2016, Shchors Raion). The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Snovsk Raion was merged into Koriukivka Raion.
There was reported fighting in the city during
the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
External links
The murder of the Jews of Shchorsduring
World War II, at
Yad Vashem website.
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Cities in Chernihiv Oblast
Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Gorodnyansky Uyezd
City name changes in Ukraine
Former Soviet toponymy in Ukraine
Holocaust locations in Ukraine