title: VOIKOVSHTADT
abstract: Pre-1941: Voikovshtadt, village, Lenino raion, Crimean ASSR, RSFSR; 1941–1944: Wojkowstadt, Rear Area, 11th Army; 1944: Crimean ASSR; post-1991: Kirove, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Voikovshtadt is located about 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Kerch’ on the Kerch’ peninsula. The village was founded 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of the regional center of Semu-Kolodezy at the beginning of the 1930s with financial support from the Agro-Joint (a subdivision of the AJDC). According to the 