Official Name: | Vysotsk |
Native Name: | Висоцьк |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the Ukraine |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Rivne Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Sarny Raion |
Subdivision Type3: | Silska Rada |
Subdivision Name3: | Vysotsk Silska Rada |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1005 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.85 |
Elevation M: | 142 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 2235 |
Population Density Km2: | 1208.11 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 51.7217°N 26.6508°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (Index) |
Postal Code: | 34111 |
Area Code: | +380 3658 |
Vysotsk (Ukrainian: Висоцьк; Polish: Wysock) is a village in western Ukraine, in Sarny Raion of Rivne Oblast, but was formerly administered within Dubrovytsia Raion. As of the year 2001, the community had 2235 residents. The postal code is 34111,[1] and the KOATUU code is 5621882001.
During the liquidation of its ghetto on September 9, 1942, 1,600 to 1,800 Jews were killed in Vysotsk. The mass shooting was perpetrated by the Security Police of Pinsk. The Jews were in two graves about 2.5 kilometers outside of town. The Gendarmerie and local police forces from Stolin, Vysotsk and Davidgrodek participated in this Aktion.[2]