Pavlivka ( , formerly Poryck , ) is a town now located in northwestern Ukraine , in Volyn Oblast , near Volodymyr-Volynskyi , on the Luga river . For centuries , Poryck was property of several noble Polish families . The town is the birthplace of a Polish statesman Tadeusz Czacki ( born 1765 ) . On 11 July 1943 , the Ukrainian Insurgent Army , supported by local nationalists murdered here more than 300 Polish civilians , who had gathered in a local Roman Catholic church for a Sunday ceremony ( see also the Volhynian Genocide )
Volhynian Genocide
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
Pavlivka, Volyn Oblast