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Stepan
Степань
Stepań (Polish)
Urban-type settlement
Flag of StepanCoat of arms of Stepan



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Stepan
Location of Stepan in Ukraine
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Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Rivne Oblast
Raion Sarny Raion
Founded 1861
Town status 1980
Government
 • Town Head Volodymyr Sydorchuk
Area
 • Total
3.33 km2 (1.29 sq mi)

Stepan (Ukrainian: Степань|; Polish: Stepań) is an urban-type settlement in Sarny Rayon (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,073 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: Template:Ua-pop-est2017

The settlement is located in the historic Volhynia region of Ukraine, on the left bank of the Horyn, a tributary of the Prypiat.[3]

History[]

The first written mention of Stepan dates back to 1290.[2] In 1900, the Jewish population of Stepan totaled 1,854.[4] During the World War II occupation of Ukraine, the Nazi German occupying forces established a Jewish ghetto, where nearly 3000 Jews were killed.[3] In 1960, Stepan acquired the status of an urban-type settlement.[2]

People from Stepan[]

  • Stanisław Gabriel Worcell (1799-1857), socialist Polish revolutionary[5]

See also[]

  • Klesiv, the other urban-type settlement in Sarny Rayon of Rivne Oblast

References[]

  1. ^ "Stepan (Rivne Oblast, Sarny Raion)". weather.in.ua. http://weather.in.ua/en/rovenskaja/25164. Retrieved 9 February 2012. 
  2. ^ a b c "Stepan, Rivne Oblast, Sarny Rayon" (in Ukrainian). Regions of Ukraine and their Structure. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160421115451/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=10.02.2012&rf7571=28355. Retrieved 9 February 2012. 
  3. ^ a b "Stepan" (in Ukrainian). Castles and Churches of Ukraine. http://castles.com.ua/stepan.html. Retrieved 9 February 2012. 
  4. ^ "Stepan, Ukraine". JewishGen. http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-1055235. Retrieved 10 February 2012. 
  5. ^ "Stanisław Gabriel Worcell (1799-1857)" (in Polish). Kalendarz Historyczny. http://www.chronologia.pl/biogram-wost17990326s0.html. Retrieved 9 February 2012. 

External links[]

Template:Rivne Oblast


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