Kobyletska Poliana


Kobyletska Poliana is an urban-type settlement in Rakhiv Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. The town's population was 3,392 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population:.
The settlement was first mentioned in 1672 as Kabola Poliana. In 1891, the population of the town was 1,406 and consisted of Hungarians and Rusyns. 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. In 1941, the town's Jewish population was 427. In 1971, Kobyletska Poliana was granted the status of an urban-type settlement.
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. The church was destroyed by an act of vandalism in 1992.

People from Kobyletska Poliana