Pavlivka, Volyn Oblast

Village in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

Pavlivka

Павлівка

Poryck

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Coordinates: 50°37′N 24°27′E﻿ / ﻿50.617°N 24.450°E﻿ / 50.617; 24.450
Country|  Ukraine
Oblast|  Volyn Oblast
Raion|  Volodymyr Raion
Hromada| Pavlivka rural hromada

Pavlivka (Ukrainian: Павлівка, formerly Poryck, Polish: Poryck) is a town now located in northwestern Ukraine, in Volodymyr Raion of Volyn Oblast, near Volodymyr, on the Luha river. For centuries, Poryck was property of several noble Polish families. The town is the birthplace of a Polish statesman Tadeusz Czacki (born 1765). On 11 July 1943, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, supported by local nationalists murdered here more than 300 Polish civilians,[1] who had gathered in a local Roman Catholic church for a Sunday ceremony (see also the Volhynian Genocide).

## History

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Poryck was first mentioned in the first half of the 15th century. In 1557 the town burned in a fire, and King Zygmunt August allowed its owner, Aleksander Porycki to exempt residents from taxes for the period of 10 years. Poryck belonged to several szlachta families, including the Koniecpolski and Czacki families. In 1806, Tadeusz Czacki built here two empire style palaces. Located at the lake, one palace housed a large library (the so-called Poryck Library), in which a number of Polish national treasures was kept. Also, Czacki had a rare collection of fine china. Second palace served as a family residence. In 1816, Poryck was visited by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, who described his stay here in his “Historic Travels”.[2]

During the November Uprising, Poryck was one of targets of General Jozef Dwernicki's raid over Volhynia, Podolia and Ukraine. On 11 April 1831, a Polish-Russian battle took place here. After a Polish victory, Dwernicki issued an appeal to the local residents, urging them to join the rebellion. In 1916, during World War I, the library was ransacked, and the china collection was destroyed, together with Czacki family archive. The residence was burned down, and what remained of the library was transported to Pulawy.

## Poryck 1943 massacre of Poles

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Location of the Poryck massacre
(map of Poland before the 1939 invasion)

In the interbellum period (1918–39) Poryck belonged to Poland. It was a town in the Wołyń Voivodeship inhabited by almost 2000 people, half of whom were Jewish and the remaining part mostly Polish and Ukrainian. The residents had lived peacefully together for the most part.

At the beginning of WW2 in this region, the Soviet authorities deported primarily political figures as well as all Polish officials, civil servants, police, and Polish citizens who had fled from the Germans. The exact number of Poles deported to Siberia or Central Asia between 1939 and 1941 remains unknown, and has been estimated at from under 500,000 to over 1,500,000. Additionally, tens of thousands of German-speaking people from Volhynia were also moved to German-controlled territory. (Soviet annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia)

After Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, both the Polish government-in-exile and the Ukrainian OUN-B considered the possibility that in the event of mutually exhaustive attrition warfare between Germany and the Soviet Union, the region would become a scene of conflict between Poles and Ukrainians. The Polish government-in-exile, which wanted the region to return to Poland, planned for a swift armed takeover of the territory, as part of its overall plan for a future anti-German uprising. That view was compounded by OUN's prior collaboration with the Nazis and so by 1943, no understanding between the Polish Home Army and the OUN was possible. (Massacres in Volhynia)

On 11 July 1943, units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and OUN nationalists took first steps and murdered Polish inhabitants of the town. Most people were killed during a ceremony in a local Roman Catholic church. The Ukrainian sotnia of 20 men surrounded and entered the church filled with people. They threw grenades at the faithful most of whom were women and children. Then they shot at them with machine guns and finally set fire to the church with survivors in hiding. Altogether 300 persons were murdered. Later on, Ukrainian nationalists burned what remained of the Czacki palace. Their plan did not succeed, as the town was captured by Soviet Red Army on 18 July 1944.[1]

On the 60th anniversary of the massacre, Presidents Aleksander Kwaśniewski of Poland and Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine unveiled a monument commemorating the event. Both presidents called for forgiveness and reconciliation, with Kuchma saying "In this place where Polish victims rest, on behalf of all Ukrainians who want peace and justice, I wish to express my deep sympathy to all the wronged Poles, all those who suffered as a result of this disaster. We issue a strong condemnation of the violence committed against the Polish civilian population." — Pavlivka [3]

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Present-day Poland|

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* Bagatele
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* Bądków
* Bełżec
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* Cecylówka
* Cegłów
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* Chełm
* Chojnice (Pola Igielskie)
* Cielętniki
* Ciepielów
* Cieszanów
* Cisna
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* Czekaj
* Częstochowa
* Dalki
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* Dopiewiec
* Drewnowo-Gołyń
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* Firlej
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* Giełczyn
* Gniazdowo
* Gniewkowo
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* Górka Klasztorna
* Góry Wysokie
* Grudziądz (Księże Góry)
* Grupa
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* Guźnia
* Henryków
* Horyszów Polski
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* Jankowice
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Present-day Ukraine|

| Pre-war Poland
(Volhynia)|

* Bitków
* Bortnica
* Budy Ossowskie
* Chrynów
* Dominopol
* Dubno
* Gaj
* Głęboczyca
* Gurów
* Hurby
* Janowa Dolina
* Kisielin
* Kisorycze
* Leonówka
* Łuck
* Ostrówki
* Parośla I
* Poryck
* Teresin
* Wola Ostrowiecka
* Wiśniowiec
* Zagaje
* Żeniówka

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(Eastern Galicia)|

* Adamy
* Barszczowice
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* Dołha Wojniłowska
* Huta Oleska
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* NKVD prisoner massacre
* Professors
* Mosty Wielkie
* Palikrowy
* Podkamień
* Sambor
* Urycz
* Złoczów

Polish self-defence
centres in Volhynia|

* Huta Stepańska
* Kurdybań Warkowicki
* Kuty (in Volhynia)
* Pańska Dolina
* Przebraże
* Stara Huta

Rest of Ukraine|

* Ukrainian Katyn List
* Bykivnia
* Kharkiv
* Piatykhatky
* Starobilsk
* Vinnytsia

Present-day Belarus|

| Pre-war Poland|

* Berezwecz
* Brzostowica Mała
* Mokrany
* Naliboki
* Naumowicze
* Nowogródek
* Wilejka
* Wołożyn

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Rest of Belarus|

* Belarusian Katyn List
* Chervyen
* Kurapaty

Present-day Lithuania|

| Pre-war Poland|

* Glinciszki
* Koniuchy
* Ponary
* Święciany
* Wilno (Łukiszki)

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Present-day Russia|

* Katyń
* Kozelsk
* Katyn
* Kalinin
* Mednoye
* Ostashkov
* Palmnicken (present-day Yantarny)

Present-day Germany|

* Arnsberg Forest
* Gardelegen
* Horka
* Poppenhausen

Related articles|

* Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)
* Nazi German crimes against the Polish nation
* Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz
* Unternehmen Tannenberg
* Prisoner-of-war massacres
* Sonderfahndungsbuch Polen
* Intelligenzaktion
* Intelligenzaktion Pommern
* Sonderaktion Krakau
* AB-Aktion
* Aktion T4
* Persecution of the Catholic Church
* Pacification actions
* Destruction of Warsaw
* Lebensborn
* Expulsion of Poles
* Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany
* Action Saybusch
* Ethnic cleansing of Zamojszczyzna
* Polish decrees
* Soviet repressions of Polish citizens (1939–1946)
* NKVD prisoner massacres
* Katyn massacre
* Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
* Volhynian Bloody Sunday
* National Day of Remembrance
* World War II casualties of Poland

## See also

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* Massacres of Poles in Volhynia

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Tadeusz Piotrowski (2000). Genocide and Rescue in Wołyń: Recollections of the Ukrainian Nationalist Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against the Poles During World War II. McFarland. pp. 126, 134–136, 188. ISBN 0786407735.
2. ^ A. Mielcarek, T. Brożbar (2003), KOWEL - WŁODZIMIERZ - PORYCK Ilustrowany przewodnik po Wołyniu.
3. ^ Krzysztof Renik, Road to Reconciliation. Pavlivka, Ukraine.

## References

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* Zygmunt Stanski, Witold Stanski. "PORYCK miasteczko kresowe symbol tragedii Polakow na Wolyniu". Wydawnictwo A. Marszalek 2005; ISBN 978-83-7441-166-0.
* Wladyslaw Siemaszko, Ewa Siemaszko. "Ludobojstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistow ukrainskich na ludnosci polskiej Wolynia 1939-1945, Wydane przy pomocy finansowej Kancelarii Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej", Warszawa 2000;. ISBN 83-87689-34-3
* Grzegorz Motyka. "Ukrainska partyzantka 1942-1960". Rytm Oficyna Wydawnicza. Warszawa. 2006; ISBN 83-7399-163-8.
* Poryck in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1887) (in Polish)
* Poryck in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1902) (in Polish)

## External links

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* News coverage, Warsawvoice.pl
* News coverage, Tol.cz
* News coverage[permanent dead link], Polandembassy.lt
* A monument in Poryck

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Administrative divisions of Volyn Oblast

Administrative center: Lutsk

Raions|

* Kamin-Kashyrskyi
* Kovel
* Lutsk
* Volodymyr

Hromadas|

* Berestechko
* Boratyn
* Dorosyni
* Dubechne
* Dubove
* Holoby
* Holovne
* Horodyshche
* Horokhiv
* Ivanychi
* Kamin-Kashyrskyi
* Kivertsi
* Kolky
* Kolodiazhne
* Kopachivka
* Kovel
* Liubeshiv
* Liublynets
* Liuboml
* Lokachi
* Lukiv
* Lutsk
* Lytovezh
* Manevychi
* Marianivka
* Novovolynsk
* Olyka
* Ovadne
* Pavlivka
* Pidhaitsi
* Poromiv
* Povorsk
* Prylisne
* Rafalivka
* Ratne
* Rivne
* Rozhyshche
* Samary
* Serekhovychi
* Shatsk
* Smidyn
* Soshychne
* Stara Vyzhivka
* Torchyn
* Tsuman
* Turiisk
* Ustyluh
* Velymche
* Velytsk
* Volodymyr-Volynskyi
* Vyshniv
* Zabolottia
* Zabrody
* Zaturtsi
* Zymne

Cities|

* Berestechko
* Horokhiv
* Kamin-Kashyrskyi
* Kivertsi
* Kovel
* Liuboml
* Lutsk
* Novovolynsk
* Olyka
* Rozhyshche
* Ustyluh
* Volodymyr

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