Yabluniv

Yabluniv (Ukrainian: Яблунів, Russian: Яблонoв, Jabłonów) is an urban-type settlement in Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the river Luchka, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Kolomyia. Yabluniv hosts the administration of Yabluniv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 2,042 (2021 est.)[2].

Yabluniv
Яблунів
Jabłonów
urban-type settlement
Ukrainian Greek-Catholic church
Coat of arms
Yabluniv
Location of Yabluniv in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Yabluniv
Location of Yabluniv in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°24′19″N 24°56′30″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
RaionKosiv
Area
 • Total105 km2 (41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total2,042

History

The town had an historically important Jewish population but they were murdered during the Holocaust in Ukraine.[3][4]

Famous people

Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski (1634–1702) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, outstanding military commander.

Maksymilian Nowicki (1826–90) was a Polish zoology professor and pioneer conservationist in Galicia and father of the poet Franciszek Nowicki.

Mykola Matiyiv-Melnyk (1890–1947) was a Ukrainian writer and journalist.

Anne Werzberg, mother of French mime Marcel Marceau (born Marcel Mangel)

Museums

Places of interest

Yablonov Jewish Cemetery

References
  1. "Яблоновская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  3. "Pinkas Hakehillot Polin: Yablonov, Ukraine".
  4. "History - Jewish community before 1989 - Jabłonów - Virtual Shtetl". www.sztetl.org.pl. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016.
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