Yabluniv

Yabluniv
Яблунів
Country
Oblast
Raion		 Ukraine
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Kosiv Raion / Municipality
Area
 • Total 105 km2 (41 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 2,056 (1 January 2,013)

Yabluniv (ukr. Яблунів, rus. Яблонoв, pol. Jabłoniów) is an urban-type settlement in Kosiv district, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the river Luchka, 15 km from Kolomyia. Population: 2,056 (2013 est.)[1].

History

The town had an historically important jewish population but they were murdered during the Holocaust in Ukraine.[2][3]

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 Austrian Poland, and father of the poet Franciszek Nowicki.

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

Museums

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol2_00278.html
  3. ↑ http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/jablonow/5,history/

Coordinates: 48°24′19″N 24°56′30″E / 48.40528°N 24.94167°E / 48.40528; 24.94167

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