Szychowice

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Szychowice
Village
Szychowice
Coordinates: 50°41′N 23°59′E / 50.683°N 23.983°E / 50.683; 23.983
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Hrubieszów
Gmina	Mircze

Szychowice [ʂɨxɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mircze, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.^[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Mircze, 17 km (11 mi) south-east of Hrubieszów, and 118 km (73 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

History

World War II

In March 1944, Szychowice was one of hundreds of locales attacked by Polish partisans in acts of ethnic cleansing against the ethnic Ukrainian population. 8 villagers were brutally murdered and 150 houses destroyed.^[2]

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ Ther, Phillip; Siljak, Ana (2001). Redrawing nations: ethnic cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948. Oxford: Rowman & Littfield. p. 174.

v t e Gmina Mircze

Seat	Mircze

Other villages	Ameryka Andrzejówka Borsuk Dąbrowa Górka-Zabłocie Kryłów Kryłów-Kolonia Łasków Małków Małków-Kolonia Marysin Miętkie Miętkie-Kolonia Modryń Modryń-Kolonia Modryniec Mołożów Mołożów-Kolonia Prehoryłe Radostów Rulikówka Smoligów Stara Wieś Szychowice Tuczapy Wereszyn Wiszniów

Coordinates: 50°41′N 23°59′E / 50.683°N 23.983°E / 50.683; 23.983

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