Sokil (Sokul)

Lutsk district, Volyn region

Volhynia region - list of settlements and location of objects

Sokil (Sokul), 2024

Sources:
- European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. Sokil Jewish Cemetery;
- The All South-Western Territory: reference and address book of the Kyiv, Podolsk and Volyn provinces. Printing house L.M. Fish and P.E. Wolfson, 1913;
- Jewish encyclopedia of Brockhaus & Efron

Photo:
- Nataliya Shestakova, wikipedia. Sokil

Sokil in the 1913 directory. It can be seen that all shops in the township belonged to Jews

Founded in XIII century. From 1793 - as part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th-beginning of the 20th century - the township of Lutsk district of the Volyn province.

Jews most likely settled in Sokil in the early 17th century. Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipman of Ludmir served there in the mid-17th century.
Sokil’s Jews suffered during the Khmelnitsky uprising.

In 1784, the community consisted of 63 individuals;
in 1787, 107 Jews lived here;
in 1847 - 330 Jews.
According to the census data, the peak of the Jewish population in Sokil was 490 individuals (36,8% of total population) in 1897.

In the early 20th century, a prayer house and hevra-kadisha existed.

In 1913, the Jews owned all 5 grocery shops and both metall goods shops in Sokil.


Abandoned Catholic Church in Sokil, 2015

During WWI, the Jews fled because of the expansion of the military front. Only 30 families returned after the Polish government was established.

In 1921, the Jewish population had decreased to 167 individuals.

During WWII, local Jews were sent to the Rozhyshche, where they were executed on August 22, 1942.