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Kovel (Ukrainian: Ковель, IPA: [ˈkɔʋelʲ] ⓘ; Polish: Kowel; Yiddish: קאוולע / קאוולי) is a city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion within the oblast.
Jun 10, 2016 · Kovel - Overview. Kovel is the second most populous city in Volyn Oblast of Ukraine. One of the oldest cities in the region, it is located about 70 km northwest of Lutsk, the capital of the region, 60 km east of the border with Poland and 70 km south of the border with Belarus.
But tensions from economic competition, anti-Semitism and crusades against heretics led to worsening conditions in the 1600s with complaints by Kovel burghers to the king and, in 1648, the Cossack-led Chmielnicki massacres.
Kovel began to rise in importance as a community in Volhynia in the 1680s. by 1698, Kovel appeared to have become a leading Jewish community in Volhynia because one of the key players at a meeting of the Volhyn Council was the rabbi of Kovel, according to the History of the Jews of Volhyn.
Kovel is a city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion within the oblast. Population: 67,575. Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest runic inscriptions which were lost during World War II. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. kovelrada.gov.ua. Wikipedia. Photo: Iramal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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City (2013 pop 69,050) and raion center in Volhynia oblast, situated in Polisia on the Turiia River. First mentioned in 1310, in 1518 it was granted the rights of Magdeburg law. It became a county town of Volhynia vicegerency in 1795 and of Volhynia gubernia in 1797.
