Shatsk, Volyn Oblast

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Urban locality in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

Shatsk Шацьк Szack (in Polish)
Rural settlement
Shatsk town hall
Flag Coat of arms
51°29′16″N 23°55′47″E / 51.48778°N 23.92972°E / 51.48778; 23.92972
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Volyn Oblast
Raion	Kovel Raion
Hromada	Shatsk settlement hromada
Area
• Total	5.75 km² (2.22 sq mi)
Elevation	170 m (560 ft)
Population (2022)^[1]
• Total	5,249
• Density	910/km² (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	44000
Area code	+380 3355

Shatsk (Ukrainian: Шацьк, pronounced [ˈʃɑt͡sʲk]; Polish: Szack; Yiddish: שאצק, romanized: Shatsk) is a rural settlement in Volyn Oblast, Kovel Raion, western Ukraine. It is located to the north-west of Kovel. Population: 5,249 (2022 estimate).^[1]

The village is situated in a picturesque area in the western part of Volyn Woodlands, surrounded by lakes, which are sometimes called Shatsky (Velyke Chorne, Svitiaz, Pulemetske, Luka, Liutsymer, Somynets, Karasynets, Ozertse).

In 2017, a postage stamp featuring the coat of arms of Shatsk was released by Ukrposhta.

History

Historical affiliations

Kyivan Rus' 1255-1410
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland 1410–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1795
Russian Empire 1795–1917
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

In Ukrainian sources, the town located in this area is mentioned twice, in 1255 and in 1287. In Polish sources the town is first mentioned in 1410. During the Invasion of Poland it was the battlefield of the Battle of Szack between Polish forces of general Wilhelm Orlik-Rueckemann and the Soviet 4th Army.

The Jewish population of the village at the beginning of the German occupation was probably around 300. Germans arrived in the village on June 30, 1941. In October 1941, the Jews of the city and surrounding villages were held captives in a ghetto. Shortly after, 319 Jews were shot by the Einsatzkommando and German police.^[2]

Until 2020 was an administrative centre of Shatsk Raion.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ "Yahad - in Unum".
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів".