Dovzhky, Slavuta Raion

Dovzhky (Ukrainian: До́вжки, alternative name – Ukrainian: Должок, Довжок) – village (selo) in Ukraine of Slavuta Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast.
Area of the village totals is 4,36 km2 and the population of the village is about 952 people. Local government is administered by Dovzhkivska village council.[1]

For another village in Ukraine named Dovzhky, see Dovzhky, Skole Raion
Dovzhky, Slavuta Raion

Довжки (Славутський район)
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Dovzhky, Slavuta Raion
Coordinates: 50°30′12″N 26°54′20″E
Country Ukraine
Province Khmelnytskyi Oblast
District Slavuta Raion
Established1594
Area
 • Total4,36 km2 (168 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
228 m (748 ft)
Population
 • Total952
 • Density2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
30022
Area code+380 3842
Websiteсело Довжки, райцентр Славута (Ukrainian)

Geography

This village is located on the altitude of 228 metres (750 ft) above sea level.[2] It is a flat terrain at a distance 147 kilometres (91 mi) from the regional center of Khmelnytskyi, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the district center Slavuta and 21 kilometres (13 mi) from the Berezdiv.

History

The first written sources of the village have been preserved from the years 1594-1595. But in territory of village are found tools copper-stone age ) (3rd millennium BC).[3]
Direction of the economy of the local population – agriculture and meat dairy farming.

Before the Second World War the population of village Dovzhky was about 2,000 people and was a few Jewish families. A terrible fate awaited the Jews of Slavuta district during the fascist occupation of 1941 – 1942. All of them were taken to ghetto and killed by the Nazis.[4]

References
  1. Довжківська сільська рада (in Ukrainian)
  2. Село Довжки (Хмельницька обл.): карта вулиць (in Ukrainian)
  3. Історія міст і сіл Української РСР, Довжки, Славутський район, Хмельницька область (in Ukrainian)
  4. Єврейське населення Славутчини під час Великої Вітчиз няної війни (1941–1945 рр.) P- 345, 349 Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)


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