Snovsk (Ukrainian: Сновськ [snɔu̯sʲk]) is a city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 10,620 (2022 estimate).[1] It hosts the administration of Snovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] The population was 12,315 in 2001.
Snovsk
Сновськ | |
|---|---|
 Snovsk railway station | |
  Snovsk .svg) Snovsk | |
| Coordinates: 51°49′13″N 31°57′03″E / 51.82028°N 31.95083°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Chernihiv Oblast |
| Raion | Koriukivka Raion |
| Hromada | Snovsk urban hromada |
| Founded | 1860 |
| City status | 1924 |
| Control | Ukraine |
| Area | |
• Total | 128 km2 (49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 119 m (390 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 10,620 |
Name
editHistorically, 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.[3] On 21 May 2016, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) adopted a decision to change the name of Shchors back to its original Snovsk and consequently renaming Shchors Raion to Snovsk Raion, in accordance with the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[4]
History
editOn the eve of the Second World War, 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 in the nearby forest.[5]
Until 18 July 2020, Snovsk was the administrative center of Snovsk Raion (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.[6][7]
On the evening of February 24, 2022, Russian forces took the bypass road around the city, and the Ukrainian flag remained over the city council building the next morning.[8] The Russian military entered the city on 25 March and detained the mayor, who was later released.[9]
References
edit- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Сновская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "Ukrainian Starodubshchyna and Mykola Shchors, who fought against Ukraine. Does he need a monument in Kyiv?". Radio Free Europe (in Ukrainian). 31 October 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Про перейменування деяких населених пунктів" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Yahad - in Unum".
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
- ^ Юлія Суржикова (2022-02-25). "Яка ситуація у населених пунктах на Чернігівщині, де є російські війська". Suspilne. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "The price of freedom: the story of Snovsk mayor's release from captivity - MIHR". МІПЛ. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
External links
edit- The murder of the Jews of Shchors during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.