Yabluniv

Name in English: 
Yabluniv
Name in Ukrainian: 
Yabluniv [Яблунів]
Name in Polish: 
Jabłonów
Name in German: 
Jablonow
Name in Russian: 
Yablonov [Яблонов]
Name in Hebrew: 
יבלונוב
Historical-cultural region: 
Eastern Galicia - Pokuttia
Administrative History: 
Years State Province District
Till 1772 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland

Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie)

Stanislawów starostwo; Kołomyia powiat
1772-1918 "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire, since 1867 - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien)

Kołomyia powiat
1914-1915 Under Russian occupation General-Government Galitsiia  
1915-1918 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien)

 
1918 - May 1919 West-Ukrainian People's Republic    
May 1919 - September 1939 Republic of Poland Stanislawów wojewódstwo Kołomyia powiat
September 1939 - June 1941 USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Stanislav oblast'  
June 1941 - July 1944 Under German occupation: General Government (Das Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete Distrikt Galizien Stanislau Kreishaupt-mannschaft
1944-91 USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Stanislavov (Stanislaviv) oblast'; since 1962 renamed Ivano-Frankovsk (Ivano-Frankivs'k) oblast' Kosiv raion
Since 1991 Republic of Ukraine Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' Kosiv raion
Population Data: 
Year Total Jews Percentage of Jews
1880  1,629  924  56.72%
1900  1,861  1,105  59.37%
1921  1,789  834  46.61%
2005  1,787    

Yablonov (Yabluniv, Jabłonów)  is a little town on Luchka river (a tributary of the Prut), 15 km from Kolomea. The Jewish cemetery in  Yablonov is one the most interesting cemeteries in the region. The tombstones of the 18th century in the Baroque style are amazing examples of the local Jewish folk art. Although the style changed in the 19th and 20th centuries, the images made by the local Jewish artists remained to be very expressive.

The photographs made by Dr. Vladimir Levin  in August 2009 see in the Gallery section.