Stara Rafalivka
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Stara Rafalivka Стара Рафалівка | |
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Village | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location within the Rivne Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 51°22′09″N 25°51′33″E / 51.36917°N 25.85917°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Rivne Oblast |
| Raion | Volodymyrets Raion |
| Silska Rada | Stara Rafalivka Silska Rada |
| Founded | 1647 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.871 km2 (0.722 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 165 m (541 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 435 |
| • Density | 235/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | +380 3634 |
Stara Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Стара Рафалівка) is a village in Varash Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine, but was formerly administered within Volodymyrets Raion. In 2001 the community had 435 residents. Postal code — 34354.[1] KOATUU code — 5620889301.
It was the site of a gruesome massacre (60 people, including children, were killed) by Soviet partisans during World War II.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Registration card on the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Gogun, Alexander (2015). Stalin's Commandos: Ukrainian Partisan Forces on the Eastern Front. London: I.B.Tauris. pp. 106–9. ISBN 978-1-784-53168-3.
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