Kolky

Kolky (Ukrainian: Колки), also Kolki (Russian: Колки, Polish: Kołki) is an urban-type settlement in the Volyn Oblast in Ukraine. Kolky has a population of around 4,500 people.

Kolky is located on the confluence of the Styr and Rudka rivers, 51 kilometres north-east of Lutsk.

History

First time mentioned in 1545. The place has the urban-type settlement status since 1940.

The Jewish population was important before World War II, around a third of the total population (724 members in 1921, 860 in 1937).[1] The German army occupied the city at the end of 1941. 50 Jews were murdered by the Ukrainian police during the summer of 1941.[2] On October 1941, Jews were forced to live in a ghetto. On July 1942, the Jewish population was massacred by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans, members of Sicherheitsdienst and Gendarmerie and by Ukrainians, members of the local police.[3][4]

The heraldry and the gonfalon are adopted in 1997. The bell is a symbol of the defensive role of the city throughout history. The linaceae is a local resource.

References

  1. ↑ http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-1042370
  2. ↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/kolky-volyn-ukraine.124
  3. ↑ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=900#!prettyPhoto
  4. ↑ http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/kolki/

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Coordinates: 51°05′57″N 25°40′00″E / 51.0992°N 25.6667°E / 51.0992; 25.6667

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