Shepetivka (Ukrainian: Шепетівка, IPA: [ʃepeˈtiu̯kɐ] ⓘ; Polish: Szepetówka) is a city located on the Huska River in Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine.
[2] Shepetivka is an important railway junction with five intersecting transit routes.
Poland-Lithuania 1594–1793 Russian Empire 1793–1917 Ukrainian People's Republic 1917–1918 Ukrainian State 1918 Ukrainian People's Republic 1918–1919 Republic of Poland 1919–1920 Soviet Ukraine 1920–1922 Soviet Union 1922–1941 Nazi Germany 1941–1944 Soviet Union 1944–1991 Ukraine 1991–present A settlement called Shepetovka, belonging to the prince Ivan Zaslavsky, was first mentioned in a written document in 1594.
Population of Shepetivka also suffered from frequent attacks of the Crimean Tatars.
When during the Ukrainian war of liberation from Poland in July 1648, peasant-Cossack regiments of Maxym Kryvonis had conquered Polonne, the inhabitants of Shepetivka joined the troops.
Shepetovka was a town with extensive settlement by Jews, similar to the surrounding region.
During World War II, the Jewish population of Shepetovka was decimated.