Liubeshiv

Liubeshiv (Ukrainian: Любешів; Polish: Lubieszów; Belarusian: Любяшоў, romanized: Lubiašoŭ; Yiddish: ליבישויוו) is a rural settlement in Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the historic region of Polesia. It is the administrative seat of Liubeshiv settlement hromada. Population: 5,702 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Liubeshiv
Rural settlement
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Coordinates: 51°46′N 25°30′E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Volyn Oblast
Raion	Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion
Hromada	Liubeshiv settlement hromada
First mentioned	1484
Area
• Total	339 km2 (131 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	5,702
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Historical affiliations

Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1484–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1795
Russian Empire 1795–1917
Ukrainian People's Republic 1917-1918, 1918-1919
Second Polish Republic 1919–1945
    Soviet Union 1939–1941 (occupation)
    Nazi Germany 1941–1944 (occupation)
    Soviet Union 1944–1945 (occupation)
Soviet Union 1945–1991
Ukraine 1991–present

Lubieszów was first mentioned in 1484. It was a private town of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the Partitions of Poland it was annexed by Russia.

On 9 November 1943, 300 Poles were murdered by the Ukrainians as part of the genocide of Poles in Volhynia. A 2013 monument on the local Polish cemetery commemorates the victims^[2]

Until 26 January 2024, Liubeshiv was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Liubeshiv became a rural settlement.^[3]

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  Liubeshiv in 1915
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  Monument commemorating the victims of the 1943 massacre

Notable people

• Taras Mykhalyk, retired Ukrainian footballer.