Stara Rafalivka

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Stara Rafalivka (Ukrainian: Стара Рафалівка) is a village in Volodymyrets Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. In 2001 the community had 435 residents. Postal code — 34354.^[1] KOATUU code — 5620889301.

It was the site of a gruesome massacre (60 people, including children, were killed) by Soviet partisans during World War II.^[2]

References

1. Registration card on the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian)
2. Gogun, Alexander (2015). Stalin's Commandos: Ukrainian Partisan Forces on the Eastern Front. London: I.B.Tauris. pp. 106–9. ISBN 978-1-784-53168-3.