Yabluniv

Yabluniv (; ; ; ) is a rural settlement in Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the river Luchka, from Kolomyia. 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.

Until 26 January 2024, Yabluniv was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Yabluniv became a rural settlement.

Notable people

• Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski (1634–1702) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, outstanding military commander.
• Maksymilian Nowicki (1826–1890) was a Polish zoology professor and pioneer conservationist in Galicia and father of the poet Franciszek Nowicki.
• Nestor Kysilevskyi (1909–2000), Ukrainian sculptor
• Mykola Matiyiv-Melnyk (1890–1947) was a Ukrainian writer and journalist.
• Anne Werzberg, mother of French mime artist and actor Marcel Marceau (born Marcel Mangel)

Museums

• Museum "Wooden Sculpture"

Places of interest

• Yablonov Jewish Cemetery

References

External links

• Yablonov Jewish Cemetery fully documented at Jewish Galicia and Bukovina ORG