Yabluniv ( uk, Яблунів, pl, Jabłonów, yi, יאבלונוב, Yablanov, russian: Яблонoв) is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
in
Kosiv Raion,
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an oblast (region) in western Ukrai ...
, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the river
Luchka, from
Kolomyia
Kolomyia, formerly known as Kolomea ( ua, Коломия, Kolomyja, ; pl, Kołomyja; german: Kolomea; ro, Colomeea; yi, ), is a city located on the Prut River in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), in western Ukraine. It serves as the admin ...
. Yabluniv hosts the administration of
Yabluniv settlement hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Population: .
History
The town had an historically important Jewish population but they were murdered during the
Holocaust in Ukraine
The Holocaust in Ukraine took place in the '' Reichskommissariat Ukraine'', the ''General Government'', the ''Crimean General Government'' and some areas which were located to the East of Reichskommissariat Ukraine (all of those areas were unde ...
.
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Famous people
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Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski
Prince Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski (1634–1702) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, Grand Guardian of the Crown since 1660, the Grand Camp Leader of the Crown since 1661, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship since 1664, Field Crown Hetman sin ...
(1634–1702) was a Polish
nobleman
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristi ...
,
magnate
The magnate term, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...
, outstanding military commander.
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Maksymilian Nowicki
Maksymilian Siła-Nowicki (9 October 1826 – 30 October 1890) was a Polish zoology professor and pioneer conservationist in Austrian Poland, and father of the poet Franciszek Nowicki. He was brother-in-law to Kraków University law professo ...
(1826–90) was a Polish zoology professor and pioneer conservationist in
Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
** The medieval King ...
and father of the poet
Franciszek Nowicki.
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Mykola Matiyiv-Melnyk
Mykola ( uk, Мико́ла, Mykóla, ) is a Slavic variant, more specifically a Ukrainian variant, of the masculine name "Nicholas", meaning "victory of the people". It may refer to:
People
*Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), Ukrainian composer, writ ...
(1890–1947) was a Ukrainian writer and journalist.
*
Anne Werzberg, mother of French mime
Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau (; born Marcel Mangel; 22 March 1923 – 22 September 2007) was a French actor and mime artist most famous for his stage persona, "Bip the Clown". He referred to mime as the "art of silence", and he performed professionally worldw ...
(born Marcel Mangel)
Museums
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Museum "Wooden Sculpture"
Museum "Wooden Sculpture" or Wooden Sculpture Museum was created in 2008 by artist Igor Fartushnyi. The museum is located in village Yabluniv, Kosiv district, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine. The museum exhibition consists of master Igor's works. ...
Places of interest
Yablonov Jewish Cemetery
References
External links
Yablonov Jewish Cemetery fully documented at Jewish Galicia and Bukovina ORG
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Urban-type settlements in Kosiv Raion
Holocaust locations in Ukraine