Dovzhky (, alternative name – ) – village (selo) in Shepetivka Raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Hannopil rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Area of the village totals is 4,36 km2 and the population of the village is about 952 people. Local government is administered by Dovzhkivska village council.Довжківська сільська рада
Geography This village is located on the altitude of above sea level.Село Довжки (Хмельницька обл.): карта вулиць It is a flat terrain at a distance from the regional center of Khmelnytskyi, from the district center Slavuta and from the Berezdiv.
History The first written sources of the village have been preserved from the years 1594-1595. But in territory of village are found tools copper-stone age ) (3rd millennium BC). Історія міст і сіл Української РСР, Довжки, Славутський район, Хмельницька область Direction of the economy of the local population – agriculture and meat dairy farming.
Before the Second World War the population of village Dovzhky was about 2,000 people and was a few Jewish families. A terrible fate awaited the Jews of Slavuta district during the fascist occupation of 1941 – 1942. All of them were taken to ghetto and killed by the Nazis.Єврейське населення Славутчини під час Великої Вітчиз няної війни (1941–1945 рр.) P- 345, 349
Until 18 July 2020, Dovzhky belonged to Slavuta Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Slavuta Raion was abolished and merged into Shepetivka Raion.
References
External links weather.in.ua, Dovzhky (Khmelnytskyi region)