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Discover Skyby in Ukraine

Skyby in the region of Volyns'ka is a place located in Ukraine - some 284 mi or ( 458 km ) West of Kiev , the country's capital .

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Local time in Skyby is now 11:23 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Kiev " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Kaliningrad, Vilnius, Zhabinka, Minsk, and Kobryn. When in this area, you might want to check out Kaliningrad . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Skyby ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Massacre of Wola Ostrowiecka

Massacre of Wola Ostrowiecka was a 1943 mass murder of Polish inhabitants of a Volhynian village of Wola Ostrowiecka, located in the prewar gmina Huszcza, Luboml county, in the Volhynian Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic. The perpetrators were nationalists of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army’s territorial command Piwnicz, supported by local Ukrainian peasants. On August 30, 1943, the Ukrainians surrounded the village, and began murdering its inhabitants.

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Located at 51.30 23.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: 1943 in Europe, History of Poland (1939–1945), Mass murder in 1943, Massacres in Ukraine, Massacres of Poles in Volhynia, Poland–Ukraine relations, World War II crimes in Poland, World War II massacres