Oleksandriia, Rivne Oblast
# Oleksandriia, Rivne Oblast

Oleksandríja, also Aleksandria (Ukrainian: Олександрі́я), is a village in Rivne Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. As of 2001, the community had 2397 residents. Postal code — 35320. KOATUU code — 5624680401.

## History

The Germans occupied the city during War War II from 1941 - 1944. A witness recounted of the Germans' occupation: "When they arrived, the German soldiers burned the synagogue near the river and set fire to the Jewish houses. They were terrible. The Jews tried to take the furniture from their houses so it wouldn’t burn."

