Bobrynets

Bobrynets Бобринець
City
St Nicholas Church in Bobrynets
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kirovohrad Oblast
Population (2001)
• Total	10,991

Bobrynets (Ukrainian: Бо́бринець, Yiddish: בוברניץ‎) is a city in Kirovohrad Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Bobrynets Raion. Population: 10,991 (2013 est.)^[1].

History

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population of the town was 3,500 inhabitants. During the Russian civil war (1918–1920), 160 Jews were killed during pogroms. Many left the city before the Germans occupied the area. In 1941, they were kept prisoners in a ghetto. At the beginning of 1942, 358 Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetrated in the nearby forest.^[2]

Gallery

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  Ascension Church in Bobrynets
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  Nature park in Bobrynets
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  Administrative building
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  Bobrynets in Winter
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  City museum

References

Administrative divisions of Kirovohrad Oblast
Administrative center: Kropyvnytskyi
Raions	Bobrynets Blahovishchenske Dobrovelychkivka Dolynska Haivoron Holovanivsk Kirovohrad Kompaniivka Mala Vyska Novhorodka Novoarkhanhelsk Novomyrhorod Novoukrainka Oleksandriia Oleksandrivka Onufriivka Petrove Svitlovodsk Ustynivka Vilshanka Znamianka
Cities	Regional Kropyvnytskyi Oleksandriia Svitlovodsk Znamianka District Blahovishchenske Bobrynets Dolynska Haivoron Mala Vyska Novomyrhorod Novoukrainka Pomichna
Urban-type settlements Category:Kirovohrad Oblast

Coordinates: 48°3′28″N 32°9′29″E / 48.05778°N 32.15806°E / 48.05778; 32.15806