Kolbasov
Kolbasov is a village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.
Etymology
Klobásov—"a place where sausages are made". The village was famous for its slaughterhouse. Alternativelly, something curved. Kolbasa, Kolbazo 1548, Kolbaso 1773, Kolbásow 1808; in Hungarian also Kolbaszó until 1899, after renamed to Végaszó.History
Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Kolbasov was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. As a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was from 1939 to 1944 again part of Hungary. On 26 October 1944, the Red Army entered Kolbasov and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.Several Jews were murdered here by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army on 8 December 1945, the last night of Chanuka.