| Rokytne Raion | |
| Native Name: | Рокитнівський район |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | Raion |
| Flag Alt: | Flag of Rokytne Raion |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Rokytne Raion |
| Coordinates: | 51.3919°N 27.2608°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Rivne Oblast |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts Style: | coll |
| P1: | — city councils |
| P2: | — settlement councils |
| P3: | — rural councils |
| P4: | Number of localities: — cities |
| P5: | |
| P6: | 37 — villages |
| P7: | — rural settlements |
| Established Title1: | Established |
| Established Date1: | 1939 |
| Established Title2: | Disestablished |
| Established Date2: | 18 July 2020 |
| Seat Type: | Admin. center |
| Seat: | Rokytne |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Title1: | Chairman |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2350 |
| Population Total: | 58223 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +02:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +03:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal index |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +380 |
| Website: | http://www.rv.gov.ua/sitenew/rokytnivsk Rokytne Raion |
Rokytne Raion (Ukrainian: Рокитнівський район) was a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative centre was the urban-type settlement of Rokytne. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Sarny Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Rivne Oblast to four.[1] [2] The last estimate of the raion population was
Rokytne Raion was probably the place with the highest birth rate in all of Ukraine. The Raion recorded a birth rate of 24.0 per 1,000 in 2008.[3] The village council of Hlynne is widely regarded as holding the record for the highest birth rate in all of Europe.[4] [5] [6]
On 26 August 1942, after living under a reign of terror for just over a year, the Jews of Rokytne were ordered to gather in the central market square for deportation to a killing site outside the town. When many of them realized what was about to occur, the crowd began to panic. As people began to run, Nazi and Ukrainian police began to shoot. People were systematically shot or herded into waiting rail cars, destined for Sarny.[8] Jews were also forcibly transferred to Sarny from the towns of Tomashorod, Klesiv and Dubrovytsia.[9]
This event is collectively referred to as part of the 1942 Sarny Massacre.
[10] Israel Greenberg, "Tearful Events" (Ala Gamulka, trans.). Contained in E. Leoni (ed.), Rokitno-Wolyn and Surroundings; Memorial Book and Testimony. Tel Aviv, 1967.
[11] Shmuel Spector, The Jews of Volhynia and their Reaction to Extermination. Yad Vashem, The Untold Stories: The Murder Sites of The Jews In the Occupied Territories of the Former USSR, pp. 159–186 at p. 161. Retrieved August 25, 2016.