Pyriatyn

Pyriatyn Пиря́тин
City
Church of the Nativity of Virgin Mary
Flag Seal
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava
Population (2015)
• Total	15,781

Pyrjátyn (Ukrainian: Пиря́тин) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Pyriatyn Raion. Population: 15,781 (2015 est.)^[1]

History

At the end of 1941 or beginning 1942, a ghetto guarded by policemen was established and numbered over 1,500 Jews by late March 1942. There were two major executions of Jews carried out by SD units Sonderkommando Plath, accompanied by Ukrainian auxiliary police. The first one took place on April 6, 1942, about 1530 Jews were taken to the woods, 3 km away from the town, and murdered. The second mass execution took place on May 18, 1942, when several Jewish families were killed along with 380 communists and Soviet militants, and 25 Gypsy families.^[2]

Gallery

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  Historical building
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  M03 Highway in Pyriatyn
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  Udaj River near Pyriatyn

See also

• Piryatin Airport

References

1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016. 
2. ↑ "YAHAD - IN UNUM". yahadmap.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15. 

External links

• The murder of the Jews of Pyriatyn during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.

Coordinates: 50°15′N 32°32′E / 50.250°N 32.533°E / 50.250; 32.533