Snovsk

Snovsk (Ukrainian: Сновськ [snɔu̯sʲk]) is a city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine.

[3] On 21 May 2016, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) adopted a decision to change the name of Shchors back to its original Snovsk and consequently renaming Shchors Raion to Snovsk Raion, in accordance with the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.

They kept the Jews prisoners in a ghetto and subjected them to perform different kinds of forced labor.

In 1941 and 1942, hundreds of them were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen in the nearby forest.

[8] The Russian military entered the city on 25 March and detained the mayor, who was later released.

Coat of arms of Koriukivka Raion
Coat of arms of Koriukivka Raion