Pyriatyn (Ukrainian: Пирятин, pronounced [pɪˈrʲɑtɪn]) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

[1] At the end of 1941 or beginning 1942, a ghetto guarded by policemen was established and numbered over 1,500 Jews by late March 1942.

There were two major executions of Jews carried out by SD units Sonderkommando Plath, accompanied by Ukrainian auxiliary police.

The first one took place on April 6, 1942, about 1530 Jews were taken to the woods, 3 km away from the town, and murdered.

[2] Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[3] The city of Pyriatyn is located on the right bank of the Udai River.