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Dovbysh (Ukrainian: Довбиш) is an urban-type settlement in Baranivka Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The town is also known as Marchlewsk after the Polish-born Soviet politician and civil activist Julian Marchlewski. Population: 4,498 (2013 est.)
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Map of Dovbysh, Zhytomyrska, Ukraine
History
In 1920s Marchlewsk was an administrative center of the Polish National Raion of Zhytomyr Okrug (district). Later it was incorporated into Kiev Oblast.
During World War II, Jews of the town were murdered in a mass exectuion perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen
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Dovbysh Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA