Bobrynets


Bobrynets is a city in Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Bobrynets Raion.

History

Settlement in the Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population of the town was 3,500 inhabitants. During the Russian civil war, 160 Jews were killed during pogroms. Many left the city before the Germans occupied the area. In 1941, they were kept prisoners in a ghetto. At the beginning of 1942, 358 Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetrated in the nearby forest.
In 1968 population was 11 600 people.
In 1989 population was 12 869 people.
In 2013 population was 10 991 people.

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