Izobilne ( uk, Ізобільне; russian: Изобильное, translit=Izobilnoye), known
until 1945 by the Crimean Tatar name of Körbekül (Russian and uk, Корбек, translit=Korbek, link=no), is a village in
Alushta Municipality,
Crimea, a region internationally recognised as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia
since 2014.
History
Körbekül was established in the late 15th century, and was first occupied by the
Red Army in January 1918 during the
Russian Civil War. The village was depopulated during the
deportation of the Crimean Tatars, and renamed to Izobilne.
Izobilne is home to , a large mosque. Known for its beauty, the mosque's
minaret
A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گلدسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generall ...
was destroyed in the early 20th century and subsequently closed following the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. In 1994, amidst the , the mosque was rebuilt in 2014 with funding from Turkish businessman
Murat Ülker
Murat Ülker (born 1959) is a Turkish billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Yıldız Holding, the largest food company in the CEEMEA Region (Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa). Yıldız owns businesses including Godiva Choc ...
. His grandfather was the final imam of the mosque before being forced abroad during the
Great Purge.
Demographics
According to the
2001 Ukrainian census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. , Izobilne has a population of 2,305. Of this population, 67.68% speaks the Russian language. Crimean Tatar is the second largest language and is spoken by 25.77% of the population. Ukrainian is spoken by 5.34% of the population.
Notable people
*
Mustafa Chachi, collective farm manager
References
{{Alushta Municipality
Alushta Municipality
Populated places established in the 15th century
Seaside resorts in Russia
Seaside resorts in Ukraine
Villages in Crimea