Kobeliaky (, ) is a city in Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kobeliaky urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

History

After 1649, Kobeliaky was a sotnia town of Poltava Regiment in the Cossack Hetmanate. Until the Revolution of 1917 it served as the centre of a district.

In 1939 the population of Kobeliaky exceeded 10,000 inhabitants. During World War II, the city was under German occupation from 15 September 1941 until 25 September 1943.

Until 18 July 2020, Kobeliaky was the administrative center of Kobeliaky Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Kobeliaky Raion was merged into Poltava Raion.

Population

Ethnic groups

Distribution of the population by ethnicity according to the 2001 census:

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:

Economy

Kobeliaky is a centre of food industry.

Geography

Kobeliaky is located in the Dnieper Lowland. The town sits on the right-hand side of the Vorskla river, two-thirds of its path from Poltava to Dnieper.

Climate

Notable people

• Nikolai Timofeyevich Gres (1920–2003), soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre and the Alexandrov Ensemble

• Alexander Davydov (1872–1944), opera singer

• Alexey Ivakhnenko (1913–2007), academician, mathematician

• Hryhory Kytasty (1907–1984), composer, conductor

• Georgy Prokopenko (1937–2021), swimmer

• Osip Rabinovich (1817–1869), writer

• (1886–1973), actor

• Myroslav Kuvaldin (born 1975), singer and founder of the band The VYO (born in Kamianske)

• (born 1974), musician, founder and guitarist of the band The VYO

Gallery

References

External links

• Photogallery of the Kobeliaky city

• History of Kobeliaky city (in Ukrainian language)

• The murder of the Jews of Kobeliaky during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.