Jabłonki Explained

Jabłonki
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Subcarpathian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lesko
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Baligród
Coordinates:49.2667°N 39°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:110

Jabłonki is a village near the Bieszczady mountains, in the administrative district of Gmina Baligród, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 10km (10miles) south of Baligród, 240NaN0 south of Lesko, and 880NaN0 south of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]

History

The Church named Pokrovy Presviatoi Bogoroditsi of the village Jablonki was built in the first half of the 18th century. The first church book dated to 1786 had following family names - Ilkiw, Rabyk, Petryk, Kawchak, Cygan, Golyk, Melnyk, Musula, etc.

It was in Jabłonki that on 28 March 1947, Poland's General Karol Świerczewski was killed in an ambush organised by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). Three days later 30 wounded soldiers of Border Protection Corps were murdered by UPA partisans.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.