Povorsk | |
Native Name: | Поворськ |
Native Name Lang: | Ukrainian |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Volyn Oblast#Ukraine |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Kovel Raion |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Povorsk Hromada |
Population: | 1875 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 45050 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Coordinates: | 51.2667°N 33°W |
Population Density Km2: | 295.97 |
Area Total Km2: | 6.335 |
Elevation M: | 169 |
Area Code: | +380 3352 |
Povorsk (uk|Поворськ) is a village in Volhyna region in Ukraine, in Kovel Raion of Volyn Oblast. The town is 25 kilometers east of Kovel. It has a population of 1875.
On June 26, 1941, the German army occupied the village. From August to September 1942, Jews of the village were kept in a ghetto. In September 1942, an Einsatzgruppen murdered 200 Jews in a mass execution.[1]