Pańska Dolina | |
|---|---|
Village(no longer existing) | |
Location of Pańska Dolina on the map ofinterwar Poland (1918–1939) prior to the Nazi-Soviet invasion of 1939 and the UPA ethnic cleansing | |
| Country |  Second Polish Republic |
| Voivodeship | Wołyń Voivodeship |
| County | Powiat Dubno |
| Coordinates | 50°23′N25°44′E / 50.383°N 25.733°E /50.383; 25.733 |
Pańska Dolina was a Polish village.[1] The village was liquidated during thePolish population transfers after World War II, when theKresymacroregion was formally incorporated into the Soviet Union (as agreed at thePotsdam Conference of 1945). Pańska Dolina used to be located inGmina Młynów,Powiat Dubno (county), of theWołyń Voivodeship, before theNazi German and Soviet invasions of Poland in September 1939. Its former location can be found nearMlyniv inDubno Raion of present-day Ukraine.
The village was one of several points of Polish defence against theOUN-UPA murderous raids during the wave ofmassacres of Poles in Volhynia between 1942 and 1945. The Polish self-defence unit represented mostly byArmia Krajowa managed to hold their position there till the arrival of theRed Army in 1944. The village offered protection to Polish and Jewish escapees from the area, provided food and shelter, and organised counter-attacks against theUPA attackers.[2]
The list of Polish villages from the area that managed to defend themselves against the genocide being committed by theUkrainian nationalists include: Pańska Dolina, Zaturce,Huta Stara, Zasmyki, Dąbrowa, Dederkały, Rybcza, Jagodzin-Rymacze, Przebraże (seePrzebraże Defence), Rożyszcze, Antonówka Szepelska, Bielm-Spaszczyzna, Witoldówka, Ostróg; as well as Młynów,Kurdybań Warkowicki (no longer existing, similar to many of the aforementioned settlements), Lubomirka, Klewań,Rokitno, Budki Snowidowickie, and Osty. Many Polish villages were liquidated during thePolish population transfers.[3]
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