Population: 5,141 (2022 estimate)[1] The town was first mentioned in the middle of the twelfth century under the name Chortolisy (Ukrainian: Чортоліси).

In the annals there was a mention of a "Devil's Wood" (Ukrainian: Чортів ліс) nearby, which presumably lies behind the name; it was so called because of impenetrable thickets, swamps, and the debris of dead trees.

By the beginning of the twentieth century there were an iron foundry, a steam mill, two breweries, and a brickyard which also manufactured tiles and ceramic ware.

As a result of the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War, the Soviet government was finally established in Pulyny in June 1920.

On June 20, 1930, the town became the administrative center of the Pulin German Autonomous Region (Russian: Пулинский немецкий национальный район), which included thirty selsoviets.