Official Name: | Dovbysh |
Settlement Type: | Rural settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Zhytomyr Oblast#Ukraine |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Zviahel Raion |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Native Name: | Довбиш |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Dovbysh (uk|Довбиш; pl|Dołbysz) is a rural settlement in Zviahel Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The settlement was previously known as Markhlevsk (uk|Мархлевськ; pl|Marchlewsk) after the Polish-born Soviet politician and civil activist Julian Marchlewski. Population:
In the 1920s Marchlewsk was an administrative center of Marchlewszczyzna, a Polish National Raion of . Later it was incorporated into Kyiv Oblast.
During World War II, Jews of the town[1] were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe.[2]
Until 26 January 2024, Dovbush was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dovbush became a rural settlement.[3]