Lypetska Polyana

Lypetska Polyana Липецька Поляна
Village
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Coordinates: 48°20′51″N 23°22′06″E / 48.34750°N 23.36833°E / 48.34750; 23.36833Coordinates: 48°20′51″N 23°22′06″E / 48.34750°N 23.36833°E / 48.34750; 23.36833
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion	Khust Raion
Founded	1653
Government
• Mayor	Vasyl Vasyliovych[1]
Elevation	267 m (876 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	2,965
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	90425
Area code(s)	+380-3142

Lipetsk Polyana (Ukrainian and Rusyn: Ли́пе́цька Поля́на; Yiddish: פאליען-ליפשא; Hungarian: Lipcsemező) is a village in Khust Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast, part of the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine.^[3]

The center of the village council, located on the right bank of the river Rika is 22 km from the district center and the railway station Khust, on the highway Khust - Svalyava.

The population at the 2001 census was 2,965 people.

History[]

The first mention of Lipetsk Polyana dates back to 1653. It has been historically an ethnically Rusyn village.^[4] During the time that the area was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, the village was located in the district of Dolha of the Máramaros County.^[5]

In March-April 1919, Soviet power existed in the village. In 1932, the organization of the HR Committee began to operate, whose first secretary was I. Perez. After the seizure of the Lipetsk Polyany from the Axis October 24, 1944), 23 residents voluntarily entered the Red Army, and 9 were part of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps. 2 of them were awarded with orders and medals of the USSR, 18 gave their lives in battles for freedom and independence of the Motherland. In the village there is a monument to fellow villagers, who died in the struggle against the Nazis.

In 1930, the Jewish population was 239. With the Hungarian occupation of the region in March, 1939, Jews were forcefully removed from their occupations. From 1940 to 1941, Jews from the village were drafted into forced labor battalions and others were drafted for service on the Eastern front, where most died. By 1941, the Jewish population had increased to 280 and Jewish families without Hungarian citizenship were expelled to Nazi occupied Ukrainian territory, to Kamenets-Podolski, and murdered there. The remaining Jews of Lypetska Polyana were deported to Auschwitz late May, 1944.^[6][7]

Notable People[]

• Vasyl Khimyshynets- Ukrainian poet^[8][9]

Gallery[]

Sign at the village entrance

Church

See also[]

• Zakarpattia Oblast

References[]