Dovbysh
Introduction '''Dovbysh''' (; ) is an urban-type settlement in Zviahel Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The settlement was previously known as '''Markhlevsk''' (; ) after the Polish-born Soviet politician and civil activist Julian Marchlewski. Population:
History In the 1920s Marchlewsk was an administrative center of Marchlewszczyzna, a Polish National Raion of . Later it was incorporated into Kyiv Oblast.During World War II, Jews of the town were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe.
See also * Polish Autonomous District
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