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: 3,481 (2016 est.)[3].

Kobyletska Poliana Кобилецька Поляна Gyertyánliget Poľana Kobilská Poiana Cobilei Kobyłećka Poljana
Urban-type settlement
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Coordinates: 48°03′27″N 24°04′02″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Zakarpattia Oblast
District	Rakhiv Raion
First mentioned	1672
Town status	1971
Elevation [1]	413 m (1,355 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	3,481
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	90620
Area code	+380 3132
Website	http://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

• Velykyi Bychkiv and Yasinia, the other two urban-type settlements in Rakhiv Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast

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 19 July 2016.
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.