Kobyletska Poliana

Kobyletska Poliana (Ukrainian: Кобилецька Поляна; Hungarian: Gyertyánliget; Russian: Кобылецкая Поляна) is an urban-type settlement in Rakhiv Raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine.[2] The town's population was 3,392 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 3,498 (2020 est.)[3] .

Kobyletska Poliana

Кобилецька Поляна

Gyertyánliget
Poľana Kobilská
Poiana Cobilei
Kobyłećka Poljana
Urban-type settlement
Kobyletska Poliana
Kobyletska Poliana
Coordinates: 48°03′27″N 24°04′02″E
Country Ukraine
Province Zakarpattia Oblast
DistrictRakhiv Raion
First mentioned1672
Town status1971
Elevation413 m (1,355 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total= 3,498
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
90620
Area code+380 3132
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

The settlement was first mentioned in 1672 as Kabola Poliana (Ukrainian: Кабола Поляна).[4] In 1891, the population of the town was 1,406 and consisted of Hungarians and Rusyns.[5] In 1910, the settlement was a part of the Kingdom of Hungary, and had a population of 1,832 inhabitants, a mixture of Rusyns, Hungarians, and Germans.[4] In 1941, the town's Jewish population was 427.[6] In 1971, Kobyletska Poliana was granted the status of an urban-type settlement.[2]

The town once housed the Church of the Ascension of the Lord, a wooden church dating back to the 16th century. A sign next to the building stated that a wooden bell tower was constructed next to the church in 1512.[7] The church was destroyed by an act of vandalism in 1992.[7]

People from Kobyletska Poliana
  • Yosyp Bokshay (1891-1975), Ukrainian Soviet painter, awarded the Meritorious Patron of the Arts (1951), member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1958), People's Artist of Ukraine (1960), People's Artist of the USSR (1963).[8]
  • David Weiss Halivni (1927), American-Israeli rabbi, scholar in the domain of Jewish Sciences and professor of Talmud.

See also

References
  1. "Kobylets'ka Poliana (Zakarpattia Oblast, Rakhiv Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  2. "Kobyletska Poliana, Zakarpattia Oblast, Rakhiv Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  3. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. "Kobyletska Poliana". Reference on the Carpathians and not only (in Ukrainian). КАРПАТИ.INFO. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  5. "Gyertyánliget". Lexikon (in Hungarian). Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  6. "Kobyletska Polyana, Ukraine". JewishGen Locality Page. JewishGen. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  7. "Church of the Ascension of the Lord, 18th century, destroyed in 1992". Wooden Churches of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  8. "Бокшай Йосип Йосипович (Boksay József)". Karpatinfo.net.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
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