Zolskaya

The Appollonsky County was part of the Ordzhonikidze Kray, which had lain outside the Pale of Settlement before the Russian Revolution; therefore, no Jews lived in this area prior to World War II. However, in the wake of the German invasion of the USSR on June 22, 1941, the Ordzhonikidze Krai came to house a large number of civilian evacuees, including many Jews from Ukraine, Bessarabia (present-day Moldova), and Belarus. With the beginning of the German summer offensive in late June 1942, the Wehrmacht launched its invasion of the North Caucasus. German troops occupied Zolskaya on August 7, 1942. In December 1942, 22 people, including 19 Jews, were murdered on the outskirts of the village. The Red Army liberated Zolskaya on January 8, 1943.