Koriukivka (Ukrainian: Корюківка [koˈrʲukiu̯kɐ]) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It was founded in 1657, over 350 years ago. It is the administrative center of Koriukivka Raion. Population: 12,539 (2020 est.).During the reign of the Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1657, who was in search of free land for the nobility class and the settlers from the Right-Bank of Ukraine. A search headed by the Cossack Omel'yanov Karukoyu found the eventual site and deemed it fit for a small settlement due to the thick protection of the surrounding forests.
The city later suffered heavy losses during the Second World War and is a site of the World War II massacre. Koriukivka was almost totally burned, the population that lived there was exterminated with the Germans killing around 6,700 people and burning 1,290 homes. The destruction of Koriukivka together with its inhabitants is the largest single "reprisal raid" war crime of the Nazi occupation during World War II.
Wikipedia, Blueballoon
0
overcast clouds
7.22 °C
5.5 meter/sec, 332°
91%
overcast clouds
7.68 °C
7.62 meter/sec, 338°
87%
broken clouds
11.53 °C
7.32 meter/sec, 336°
58%
scattered clouds
15.57 °C
7.13 meter/sec, 322°
35%
few clouds
14.91 °C
5.16 meter/sec, 329°
42%
few clouds
9.28 °C
2.61 meter/sec, 16°
66%
clear sky
6.49 °C
2.91 meter/sec, 346°
72%
blueballoon content provider ,
0