Dubno

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Dubno
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Dubno coat of arms
Dubno (Ukraine)
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Basic data
Oblast : Rivne Oblast
Rajon : District-free city
Height : no information
Area : 27.04 km²
Residents : 38,208 (2006)
Population density : 1,413 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 35608
Area code : +380 3656
Geographic location : 50 ° 25 ′  N , 25 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 25 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  E
KOATUU : 5621600000
Administrative structure : 1 city
Mayor : Leonid Dudko
Address: вул. Замкова 4
35600 м. Дубно
Website : http://www.dubno-adm.rv.ua/
Statistical information
Dubno (Rivne Oblast)
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Dubno ( Ukrainian Дубно [dubno], Russian (other pronunciation: [dubna])) is a Ukrainian city ​​with about 38,000 inhabitants. It is located in the southwest of Rivne Oblast on the Ikwa River and is surrounded by Dubno Rajon , but is not administratively part of it. The city is located on the Ukrainian trunk road M 06 / E 40 northwest of the district capital Rivne .

View of the houses in the center
View of the fortress in the village
View from the bank of the Ikwa to the Dubno Fortress

The city became known through the novel Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol , which describes the siege of the city by the Cossacks.

history

Dubno was first mentioned in writing in 1100, and in 1498 it was granted city rights. Ruled by the Ostrogski since the 14th century , and with city rights since 1498, Dubno attracted many Jewish and Armenian settlers. In 1619 the castle was inherited by the Zasławski family . In the 19th century it was expanded into a fortress that was badly damaged in the First World War . Under the Polish administration after the World War II, the town became the seat of a powiat and the construction of a large prison began in the 1930s.

During the Second World War , after the attack on the Soviet Union , Dubno was initially defended by the Red Army against the advancing German 11th Panzer Division . After the tank battle at Dubno-Lutsk-Rivne from June 23 to 29, 1941, there was German occupation until 1944.

Dubno has belonged to Ukraine since 1945, and until 1991 it was part of the Ukrainian SSR within the Soviet Union .

Axel von dem Bussche

In October 1942, the German officer was Axel von dem Bussche (1919-1993) in Dubno witnessed a massacre of the SS to Jews . He decided to kill Adolf Hitler . In addition to Bussche, the civil engineer Hermann Gränke (1900–1986) also became an eyewitness; he later described his observations on oath at the Nuremberg Trial .

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