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PALMIRA: may be buried at Zolotonosha
PAVALICH: (German and Yiddish) see Pavoloch
PAVALOCH: (German and Yiddish) see Pavoloch

v. PAVLINKA:     US Commission No. UA15320501
v. Pavlinka is located in Odesskaya at 32°_ 44°_, 45 km from Odessa and 30 km from Ivanovka. The mass grave is located at W, 400 m from village on W. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.      Jews from Odessa and Severinovka were murdered in v. Pavlinka's mass grave in 1941. Odessa (45 km away) and Severinovka (45 km away) Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The rural (agricultural) hillside has signs or plaques in local language mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. The approximate size is 0.01 hectares. Stones from 1994 mark mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Occasionally, organized individual tours and local residents visit. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. Authorities occasionally clean or clear. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion and vandalism.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St., 17D, apt. 52 [tel: (0482) 665950] visited site on 3/7/95 and completed survey on 03/10/1995. Interviewed were Nikulin V.S. of Ivanovka on 3/7/95 and Nogal O.I. of Ivanovka on 3/7/95. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

PAVOLOCH I:     US Commission No. UA05490101
Alternate names: Pavoloch (Yiddish), Pavalich (German), Pawolotsch (Hungarian) and Povoloch (Polish). Pavoloch is located in Zhitomirskaya at 49°52 29°27, 12 km from Popelnya, 84 km from Zhitomir and 101 km from Kiev. The cemetery is located at center, between Bessarabia St., & r. Pavolochka. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1683. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 1885. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1736, 1919 pogroms, and 1926 Jewish Council. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century with last known Hasidic Jewish burial at end 19th century. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. No visible stones or known mass graves exist. The municipality owns site used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing) and bazaar. Properties adjacent are residential and r. Pavolochka, road to Vcherayshe. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development and r. Pavolochka, road to Vcherayshe. The cemetery was vandalized prior to World War II and occasionally in the last ten years with no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are a bazaar and a gas compressor. Very serious threat: vandalism and existing nearby development. Serious threat: uncontrolled access. Moderate threat: pollution and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion and proposed nearby development.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina St. 107, apt. 42. [tel. (04141)54259] visited site on 5/8/95 and completed survey on 06/10/1995. Interviewed were Retilevskaya Nina Kalenikovna of Pavoloch on 5/8/95 and Bubliy Ivan Aleksandrovich of Pavoloch on 5/8/95. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopaedia.
PAVOLOCH II:     US Commission No. UA05490102
     The cemetery is located at NE part of town, near the road Pavoloch-Popelnya. The rural (agricultural) flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by Zavalya St. 97, access is open to all with no wall or fence. 21-100 stones, most in original location with 50%-75% toppled or broken, date from 1913. Location of removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has special sections for men and womenThe cemetery has only common tombstones. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery and agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural and road Pavoloch-Popelnya. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of road Pavoloch-Popelnya. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. This cemetery was not vandalized. No maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing stones. Serious threat: vegetation. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution, vandalism and existing nearby development. Slight threat: weather erosion and proposed nearby development.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina St. 107, apt. 42. [tel. (04141)54259] visited site on 5/8/95 and completed survey on 05/10/1995. Interviewed were Retilevskaya Nina Kalenikovna of Mestechko St., 85 on 5/8/95 and Bubliy Ivan Aleksandrovich of Mestechko St., 25 on 5/8/95. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopaedia.
PAVOLOCH III:     US Commission No. UA05490501
     The mass grave is located at NW part of town. Caretaker: Retilyevskiy Boris Viktorovich. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic Jewish burial in 1977. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The rural (agricultural) flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a continuous fence but no gate. 1-20 stones, all in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1950. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural and an Orthodox cemetery. The mass grave boundaries are smaller now than 1939. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country re-erected stones in 1950. Occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and proposed nearby development.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina St. 107, apt. 42. [tel. (04141)54259] visited site on 5/8/95 and completed survey on 04/10/1995. Interviewed were Bubliy Ivan Aleksandrovich on 5/8/95.

PAWOLOTSCH: (Hungarian) see Pavoloch

PECHENEZHIN:     US Commission No. UA08040101
Alternate name: Petchinizhin (Polish), Peczenizyn (Russian) and Peczynizyn (Ukraine). Pechenezhin is located in Ivano-Frankovskaya at 48°31 24°54, 15 km from Kolomiya, 75 km from Ivano-Frankovsk and 82 km from Chernovtsi. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1413. Living here was Rabbin Gersh from Pechenezhin. Buried here is Rabbin Gersh from Pechenezhin. The last known Hasidic Jewish burial was 1939. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural crown of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. 501-5000 stones, most in original location with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 1810 to 20th century. Location of removed stones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery and agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of agriculture. Rarely, organized individual tours, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last ten years. . Jewish individuals within country patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation but no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing both graves and stones. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Moderate threat: weather erosion and pollution. Slight threat: existing and proposed nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065,Odessa, Varnenskaya St. 17D, Apt. 52 [tel. (0482) 665950] visited site on 8/8/94 and completed survey on 08/08/1994. Interviewed were local non-Jewish residents. Documentation: Stuphicki P.N. Galiciya pod wzqledem topografizno- geografizno- historieznum. Lwow. 1848.

PECIORA: (Yiddish) see Pechora

PECHORA: may be buried at Rachni-Lesov
PECHORA I:     US Commission No. UA01600501
Alternate name: Pesiora (Yiddish), Petchora (German) and Pecora (Polish). The town is located at 48°50 28°42, 50 km from Vinnitsa and 38 km from Tulchin. The mass grave is located in the Jewish cemetery, opposite the entrance. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1918 Jewish population was 896. Effecting the Jewish community were 1918 pogroms of Civil War and 1941-1944 concentration camp and mass execution of the Jews. Living here were R. Voika Grobman and R. Yankel' Shpikel'man. The last known Jewish burial was in 1942. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The rural (agricultural) hillside, part of a municipal cemetery, has signs or plaques in local language, Yiddish, and Russian mentioning the Holocaust and Russianss. Reached by turning directly off a public road and the Jewish cemetery, access is open to all with a broken fence without gate. 1-20 stones, all in their original location, date from 1941. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces and other metallic elements. The mass grave contains marked mass graves and unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural, cemetery, and the forest. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents stop. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Jewish groups and individuals within country re-erected stones and cleared vegetation annually. Occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Serious threat: vandalism (In 1996, part of the fence was destroyed). Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion and vegetation-disturbing graves. Slight threat: pollution.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152 Kiev, 5 Tychiny St., Apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 16/10/96. Interviewed were Bartik Mikhail Abramovich of 11, Kotovskogo St., Tulchin [tel. (04335) 22779]. Documentation: look to Additional Comments [sic]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
PECHORA II:     US Commission No. UA01600101
     The cemetery is located at the NNE outskirts, at the left of the road on the hill. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 17th century with last known Jewish burial in 1942. Sokolets (1 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or fence but a non-locking gate. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII and now is 0.90 hectares. 101-500 stones, most in their original location, date from 1905. Location of removed stones is unknown. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves and unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural and the forest. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Jewish individuals and groups within country erected stones in 1991 as restoration of the mass burial site. Occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are two ohels. Very serious threat: vegetation. The cemetery is overgrown with trees and bushes, which are destroying the tombstones. Serious threat: vandalism. (In 1996, part of the fence was destroyed.) Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion and pollution.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152 Kiev, 5 Tychiny St., Apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 16/10/96.
PECHORA:     US Commission No. UA01600502
     The mass grave is located at the outskirts of the forest, 2 km of the village. The last known Jewish burial was in 1944. Bratslav (19 km away) and Shpikov (19 km away) Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave between fields and woods, on isolated flat land and a hillside with signs or plaques in local language, Yiddish and Hebrew mentioning Jews, the Holocaust, and the Jewish Community. Reached by crossing other public property (at the road over the forest), access is open to all with a continuous fence but no gate. 1-20 stones, all in original location, date from 20th century. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces and other metallic elements. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural and forest and ravines. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized Jewish group tours or pilgrimage groups, organized individual tours, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit. This mass grave was not vandalized. There has been re-erected stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation. Local/municipal authorities, Jewish individuals within country, Jewish individuals abroad and Jewish groups within country did restoration in 1945, 1976, 1989, and 1991. Now, there is occasional clearing or cleaning by authorities. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion and vegetation-seasonal. Slight threat: pollution and vandalism.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152 Kiev, 5 Tychiny St., apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 16/10/96. Interviewed were Bartik Mikhail Abramovich of 11, Kotovskogo St., Tulchin, Vinnitskaya Oblast. [Tel. (04335) 22779] on 16/10/96. Documentation: look to Additional Comments. [sic] Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

PECZENIZYN: (Russian) see Pechenezhin
PECZYNIZYN: (Ukraine) see Pechenezhin
PEREIASLAV KHMELNITSKII: (Yiddish) see Pereyaslav-Khmelnitskiy
PEREIASLAVL: (German) see Pereyaslav-Khmelnitskiy
PEREJASLAW CHMELNICKI: (English) see Pereyaslav-Khmelnitskiy
PEREKREST'YE: (English) see Keretski

PERELETY:     US Commission No. UA15230501
Perelety is located in Odesskaya at 48°_ 29°_,10 km from Balta, 110 km from Uman and 190 km from Odessa. The mass grave is located 200m N of village. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic Jewish burial 1944. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside between fields and woods has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. No stones are visible. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing) and mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely, local residents visit visit. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years with no maintenance. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Moderate threat: weather erosion, pollution and existing nearby development. Slight threat: proposed nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St., 17D, apt. 52 [tel: (0482) 665950] visited site on 4/11/85 on 5/6/94 and completed survey on on 02/15/1995. nterviewed were Polyak S.Y. of Balta on 5/6/94 and Vaysman P.M. of Balta on 5/6/95. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

PEREMYSHLAYNY:     US Commission No. UA13380101
Alternative names: German-Przemislani, Polish-Przemyslany. It is located in Lvovskaya oblast at 49°40' 24°33', 42 km from Lvov. The cemetery is located at W part of village on I.Franko St., near Kvitnevaya St 1. Present town population is 5000-25000 with no Jews.
     The unlocked cemetery has no caretaker. The earliest Jewish community was 18th century. 1934Jewish population (census) was 3000. Tzadakkim Maer Premyshlayner and his family lived here. The cemetery dates from the 18th century with last known Jewish burial before June 1941. Orthodox (Hasidic followers of Premyshlyaner family) community used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off the road, access is open to all with a broken fence and no gate. The approximate size of the cemetery before the World War II was 1,32 hectares. 1-20 tombstones, some in original location and more than 75% broken, date from 18th-20th centuries. Some of the removed stones are part of roads or structures. The sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew inscriptions. Some gravestones have traces of painting on their surfaces. The cemetery has no unknown mass graves. Municipality owns property used only as Jewish cemetery. Residential property borders site. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than in 1939 because of the housing development. From time to time, organized individual tours and local citizens (Jews) visit. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II and since. Jewish groups within the country and abroad were reconstructing Maer Premyshlayner's ohel in Summer 1998. There are no other structures. Serious threat: incompatible construction: near ohel of Maer Premyshlayner, almost with one wall is a two-story house is being built. Moderate threat: safety, pollution, vandalism, and incompatible planned construction. Slight threat: vegetation overgrowth.
     Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 visited site on 15.10.1998 and completed survey in 30.10.1998. Documentation: CSHA, Fond 186, inventory 4, page 4; Jewish Encyclopedia, B.12, p. 911, St Petersburg, 1912; Catechism of Lvov Archdiocese of Greeks-Catholic Church, Lvov, 1934-1935, p. 236. Interviewed was Shoikhet Meilakh, Lvov, Kulchitskaya St., 3, tel.: 622219.
     Additional information: During earth excavation around old ohel of Maer Promyshlayner, inside ohel were found gravestones from end of 18th century and early 19th century that appeared to be buried under the ohel ruins. The gravestones were covered with rich wood engraving and had traces of painting. At present, work on their restoration is being carried out. After that, they are supposed to be established inside the reconstruction ohel. [date? Source?]

PEREYASLAV-KHMELNITSKIY I:     US Commission No. UA09210102
Alternate name: Pereiaslav Khmelnitskii (Yiddish), Pereiaslavl (German), Pereyaslaw (Polish) and Perejaslaw Chmelnicki (English). The town is located at 50°5 31°28, 118 km from Kiyev. The cemetery is located at S part of the town. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 101-1,000 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1237. 1926 Jewish population was 3590. Effecting the Jewish community were 1648 destruction of Jewish Community by Khmelnitskiy, 1881 (30.06, 2.07), 1905, 1919 (15.07) pogroms, 1941 (6.10, 7.10, 8.10) mass executions of Jews by Germans, and 1943 execution of Jewish women. The last known Jewish burial was in June 1996. Kiyev and Lutsk used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. The approximate size of cemetery is now 0.20 hectares. 21-100 stones, all in original location, date from 20th century. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have other metallic elements, portraits on stones, or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial and residential. The cemetery boundaries are larger now than 1939. Frequently, organized individual tours and Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. This cemetery was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals within country patched broken stones and cleared vegetation in 1953-1996. Authorities occasionally clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and existing nearby development.
     Sokolova Eleonora Yevgeniyevna of 253152, Kiyev, Tichini Str. N5, apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 30/08/1996. Shnayder Sofija Borisova of Perejaslav Khmelnitskiy [tel. (8-09210102)] was interviewed on 30/08/96.
Documentation: Veytsblit I.I., Movement of Jewish People in Ukraine, published by 'Proletar', 1930; Jewish Encyclopedia, published by Brokgauz-Yefron', Leningrad.; The History of Towns and Villages of Ukraine. Kiyevskaya oblast', Kiyev, 1971; Semyonov P., Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of Russian Empire, 1865; The list of populated areas in Kijevskaya Province; Statistical reference-book of numbers of Jewish population in Russia, 1918. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
PEREYASLAV-KHMELNITSKIY II:     US Commission No. UA09210101
     The cemetery is located at SE part of town. The last known Hasidic Jewish burial was in 1952. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban hillside and crown of a hill and by water has no sign or marker OR signs in other languages [sic]. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII was 4.0 hectares. 1-20 stones, none in their original location, date from 20th century. Stones were removed to another cemetery (Dneprovskaya St., Altitskoye). The no longer extant cemetery had only common tombstones and no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Museum. Properties adjacent are agricultural, residential, and Museum. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of Museum. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals within country did regular maintenance in 1952 but not since. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. The cemetery was pulled down in the 1960s for a museum.
     Sokolova Eleonora Yevgeniyevna of 253152 Kiyev, Tichini Str. N5, apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 31/08/1996. Shnayder Sofiya Borisovna of Pereyaslav-Khmeln, Zhovtnevaya St. N45, apt. 11 [tel. 5-29-09] was interviewed on 30/08/1996. Documentation: Veytsblit I.I., Movement of Jewish People in Ukraine, published by 'Proletar', 1930; Jewish Encyclopedia, published by Brokgauz-Yefron', Leningrad; The History of Towns and Villages of Ukraine. Kiyevskaya oblast', Kiyev, 1971; Semyonov P., Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of Russian Empire, 1865; The list of populated areas in Kijevskaya Province; Statistical reference-book of numbers of Jewish population in Russia, 1918. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
PEREYASLAV-KHMELNITSKIY III:     US Commission No. UA09210501
     The mass grave is located in the S part of the town. The last known Jewish burial was in 1943. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave, part of a municipal cemetery, with signs or plaques in local language and Hebrew mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. The approximate size is now 0.01 hectares. 1-20 stones, all in original location, date from 20th century. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces and metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial and residential. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Frequently, organized Jewish group tours or pilgrimage groups, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents stop. This mass grave was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities (Fruit Cannery) cleaned stones and cleared vegetation regulary, semiannually. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation (seasonal) and vandalism.
     Sokolova Eleonora Yevgeniyevna of 253152 Kiyev, Tichini Str. N5, apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 31/08/1996. Shnayder Sofiya Borisovna of Pereyaslav-Khmeln, Zhovtnevaya St. N45, apt. 11 [tel. 5-29-09] was interviewed on 30/08/1996. Documentation: Veytsblit I.I., Movement of Jewish People in Ukraine, published by 'Proletar', 1930; Jewish Encyclopedia, published by Brokgauz-Yefron', Leningrad.; The History of Towns and Villages of Ukraine. Kiyevskaya oblast', Kiyev, 1971; Semyonov P., Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of Russian Empire, 1865; The list of populated areas in Kijevskaya Province; Statistical reference-book of numbers of Jewish population in Russia, 1918. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

PEREYASLAW: (Polish) see Pereyaslav-Khmelnitskiy
PERIASLAV KHMELNITSKII: (Yiddish) see Pereyaslav-Khmelnitskiy
PERSHTRAVENSK: may be buried at Baranovka
PERVE NUMER: (Polish and German) see Novo Zlatopol

PERVOMAYSK (Bogopol):
is located in the Vinnistia Province and in the former Russian Podolia Guberniya, 94 km SE of Uman. The town was created in 1919 after the villages of Olviopol and Holta combined with Bogopol to form Pervomaysk. Prior to WW I, the town was in the Russian Podolia Guberniya. Today, it is in the Mykolaiv Oblast.
Source: http://jewishwebindex.com/ukrainian_shtetls.htm [August 2005]
You may wish to try a search at http://www.alltheweb.com to find additional information yourself.

PESCHANKA I:     US Commission No. UA01180101
Alternate name: Pestchanka (Yiddish), Pyeschanka (Polish), Pestschanka (Russian) and Pistchanka (Ukraine). Peschanka is located in Vinnitskaya. The town is location at 48°12 28°53, 260 km from Odessa, 160 km from Vinnitsa and 120 km from Uman. The cemetery is located in the field and woods on the road to Kamenky. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 11-100 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 2925. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1768-1772 pogrom of Barskoy Confederation, 1919 pogrom when 19 Jews died, and 1941 all the town's Jews (nearly 3000) were deported to Domakevski Region and Nikolayevska Oblast. The Jewish cemetery was established in in the 20th century with last known Jewish burial 1994. Hasidic used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated wooded flat land between fields and woods has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. 101-500 stones, all in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 20th century. Location of removed stones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, other metallic elements or portraits on stones. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural and forest. The cemetery boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and occasionally in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country and abroad re-erected stones, patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation. Occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and existing nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065,Oddesa, Varnenskaya St. 17D, apt. 52 [tel. (0482) 665950] visited site and completed survey on 6/20/94. Interviews were not listed. Documentation: Town Populations of the Russian Empire. Podol Region 1864; Historical Monuments in Podol-Kamanets Region. V.P.Gylman 1901. A.Krylov.1905; National Minorities in Ukraine. Register. Kharkiv 1925. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
PESCHANKA II:     US Commission No. UA01180501
     The mass grave is located at NW near the forest. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1918-1920 pogroms, end of 1920 Community organization liquidation, and 1941 when 10 local plus 70 Bessarabian Jews were shot. Remainder deported to and concentration camps. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. Bessarabiya (70 km away) Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated suburban flat land between fields and woods has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing public field, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. The approximate size is now 0.01 hectares. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural and forest. Occasionally, local residents visit. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years with no maintenance. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access. Moderate threat: pollution, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion and existing nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Ukraine, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17d,a.52 [tel. (0482) 665950] visited site in 07/1994 and 09/1991 and completed survey on 03/06/1995. Interviewed were Tischenko V. of v. Peschanka in 07/1994. Documentation: Odessa Oblast State Archive fond P-2328, on.1, d-666, 110, 673. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

v. PESCHANNAYA:     US Commission No. UA15120101
v. Peschannaya is located in Odesskaya. The town is location at 49°_ 29°_, 25 km from Balta and 175 km from Odessa. The cemetery is located at 250m from center. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was begining 19th century. 1940 Jewish population (census) was 500. The last known Hasidic Jewish burial was 1992. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. 101-500 stones, all in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1865 to 20th century. Location of removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, other metallic elements, portraits on stones or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery and other. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and occasionally in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country re-erected stones, patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation in 1945-1948 with no maintenance since. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing both graves and stones. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: vegetation. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion and existing nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St., 17D, apt. 52 [tel: (0482) 665950] visited site on 10/9/94 and completed survey on 10/09/1994. Interviewed was Vaysman A.Y of Balta on 10/9/94. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

PESIORA: (Yiddish) see Pechora
PESTCHANKA: (Yiddish) see Peschanka
PESTSCHANKA: (Russian) see Peschanka
PETCHINIZHIN: (Polish) see Pechenezhin
PETCHORA: (German) see Pechora
PETROVO: may be buried at Bobovo
PIATKA: see Pyatka
PIATOHOR: (Yiddish) see Pyatigory
PIATYHORY: (German) see Pyatigory

PIDHAYTSI: Podgaycy, Podhajce
Population: nineteen Jews in 1900, zero in 1939. 18 km west of Berezhany. "During the pre-war times the population of the town was mostly Jewish and Polish. Town had a large Jewish community before the war. (In 1764: 1,079 Jews; In 1910 it numbered around 6.000 Jews and in 1931 there were 2,872 Jews) incorporates the villages of Nosiv, Nadorozhniv, 16th-17th cen. ... Synagogue is one of the oldest buildings in the city. The original ornamentation has been preserved in the synagogue." Source: http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/zemla.htm [November 2002]

PIDVOLOCHYSK: see VOLOCHYSK
PILIPEC: (Hungarian) see Pilipets

PILIPETS:     US Commission No. UA06160101
Alternate name: Filipec (Yiddish), Filipets (German), Pilipec (Hungarian) and Fulopfalva (Hebrew). Pilipets is located in Zakarpatskaya at 48°40 23°21, 180 km from Mukachevo and 146 km from Lvov. The cemetery is located at right side of Studenyy river in center. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was mid-19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 300. In 1918, Zakarpat'ye was transfered to the Czech. In 1944, Jews were deported to death camp. The Jewish cemetery was established in in the 19th century with last known Hasidic Jewish burial 1943. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated wooded urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. 21-100 common tombstones, most in original location with more than 75% toppled or broken, date from 19th century. Location of removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections or known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential and forest. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II with no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, existing and proposed nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St., 17D, apt. 52 [tel: (0482) 665950] visited site on /07/1995 and completed survey on 19/08/1995. Interviewed were Iratan Vasiliy of Pilipets on /07/1995. Documentation: Short Jewish Encyclopaedia. Book 2, Jerusalem 1982 and Encyclopaedia Ukraineznavstvo, Book 2, 4, 1993-1994. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

PIRATIN: (Yiddish) see Piryatin
PIRIATIN: (German) see Piryatin
PIRYATIN I:     US Commission No. UA16060101
Alternate name: Pir Atin (Yiddish), Piriatin (German) and Michaylove (Slov). Piryatin is located in Poltavskaya at 50°15 32°31, 145 km from Kiev, 120 km from Konotop and 197 km from Poltava. The cemetery is located at NE part of the town at Tzimbanya Str. 8. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1630. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 3885. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1648, 1918, 1919 pogroms, 1941 Sept-1942 Apr.-Ghetto. On Apr. 6, 1942, many Jews were murdered in "Yablonovka." On May 18, 1942, many families from Piryatin were murdered in v. Berezova. Living here were Rabbi Menahem Tobiya from Piryatin, disciple of Menahem Mendel Lyubavic and Rabbi Ashkenaz. The Jewish cemetery was established in in the 19th century with last known Hasidic (Habbad) Jewish burial 1975. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a broken fence and no gate. 101-500 stones, few in original location with more than 75% toppled or broken, date from 1894 to 20th century. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial and residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of commercial or industrial development. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years with no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are a pre-burial house and private house. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, damaging stones. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism. Serious threat: weather erosion, pollution, existing and proposed nearby development. Moderate threat: vegetation.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny St. 5, apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed on 3/13/95. Interviewed was Kantor Sophiya Yakovlevna of Piryatin, Oktyabr'skaya Str. 6 [tel. (05358) 21263] on 3/13/95. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
PIRYATIN II:     US Commission No. UA16060501
The mass grave is located at 3 km S from Piryatin, "Pirogovskaya Levada", Urochishche "Yablonev"
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1630. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 3885. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1648 murders of community, 1918 Denikin's pogroms, and 1919 Petlyurov's pogroms. Jews were sent in 1941-April 1942 to Ghetto. In 1942, Jews were murdered in v. Berezovaya Rudka and "Yablonevshchina". The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942. Buried in the mass grave is a list of 228 murdered Jews. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The rural (agricultural) flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. The approximate size is now 0.01 hectares. Stones date from 1990. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are storage and garden. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit. This mass grave was not vandalized. Occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion and pollution.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny St. 5, apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 3/13/95. Interviewed were Kapushkom Nikolay Nikolaevich of Lenina St. 47, [tel. (05358) 21557] on 3/13/95 and Rybets Aleksey Lukich of (05358) 21876 h [tel. 20482 w] on 13/03/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

PISCHANA: may be buried at Zolotonosha
PISTCHANKA: (Ukraine) see Peschanka
PITCHEYEV: (German) see Pochaev and Pochayev
PITSHAYEV: (Hungarian) see Pochaev and Pochayev
PITSE: may be buried at Lyuboml
PIVNI: may be buried at Mizych
PJATIGORY: (Polish) see Pyatigory
PJATKA: see Pyatka
PLEBANIVKA: (Ukraine) see Plebanovka

PLEBANOVKA:     US Commission No. UA19250501
Alternate name: Plebanivka (Ukraine). Plebanovka is located in Ternopolskaya at 48°55 25°45, 2 km from Terebovlya and 75 km from Chernovtsy. The mass grave is located in the field, 150 m NW of railroad. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939Jewish population (census) was 38. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic Jewish burial 1944. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside has signs or plaques in local language and Hebrew mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a continuous fence but no gate. 1-20 common tombstones all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1985. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. See at section 14 [sic]. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours and Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. This mass grave was not vandalized. Regional/national authorities been re-erected stones in 1985. Authorities occasionally clean or clear. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and vegetation.
     Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37 a, apt.23 [tel. (044) 2769505] visited site and completed survey on 22/04/1996. Interviewed were Strotsen Bogdan Stepanovich of Ternopol, Isskustv Square 3 on 16/04/1996. Documentation: see at section 14 [sic].

PLESHCHIN: see SUDILKOV

PLESHTEIN:
On Yom Kippur 1942, all the Jews in Pleshtein were led to a forest 15 km away near the village of Pavlovich and were forced to dig a big grave where they were buried alive. Source: Tova Perlshtein's Memoirs of Kupel, Ukraine: translated by Ophira Oruch, Oakland, Ca. 2/96; Document was retyped and scanned by Lawrence J. Korman; LKorman956@aol.com [11/23/97]

PLISKOV I:     US Commission No. UA01540101
The town is located at 49°22 29°17, 56 km from Vinnitsa, 22 km from Pogrebishthe and 91.8 miles SW of Kiev. The cemetery is located at SE part of village on Shevchenko Str. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1926 Jewish population was 1322. Effecting the Jewish community was 1941-1945 mass executions the Jews of Pliskov and Spichentchy. The last known Hasidic Jewish burial was in 1954. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land of a hillside and ravine has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing public collective fields and farmstead on 29 Shewchenko Str, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII was 2.80 and is now 1.50 hectares. 21-100 stones, most in their original location, date from 19th to 20th century. Location of removed stones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery and the private farmstead with the kitchen garden. Properties adjacent are agricultural and private farmsteads. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development and private farmsteads. Rarely, private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country cleaned stones and cleared vegetation to 1941 with no maintenance since. Within the limits of the cemetery is a private farmstead. Serious threat: pollution (waste dump), vegetation (the cemetery partly overgrown). In 1960, part of the cemetery became a farmstead; part of the tombstones was demolished). Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, existing and proposed nearby development.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152 Kiev, 5 Tychiny St., apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 06/10/96. Kucher Galina Eugen`evna of 29 Shevchenko str. was interviewed on 06/10/96.
    UPDATE: "...the site of a mass massacre was also dug up." Source: Jewish Heritage Report: http://www.isjm.org/jhr/nos3-4/ukrcem.htm [March 2002]
PLISKOV II:     US Commission No. UA01540501
The 1941 mass grave is located at village center on farmstead at 5 Lenina Str. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road and the territory of the 5 Lenina Str farmstead, access is open with permission. A broken fence without gate surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size is now 0.07 hectares. No stones are visible. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for poultry-yard of the farmstead. Properties adjacent are residential. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Rarely, private visitors or local residents stop. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years with no maintenance. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Very serious threat: pollution (poultry-yard). Serious threat: existing nearby development (it is the economy building near the cemetery-sic) and proposed nearby development (In all probability, building will expand). Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and weather erosion (seasonal). Slight threat: vegetation.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152 Kiev, 5 Tychiny St., apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 06/10/96. Voroshthuk Mariya Grigirievna of 1 Lenina str. [tel. (071) 29142] was interviewed on 06/10/96.
PLISKOV III:     US Commission No. UA01540502
The mass grave is located 3 km W of Pliskov, at right of road to Spichentsy.
The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Jewish burial in 1945. Spictenthsy (7 km away) Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated flat land between fields and woods has signs or plaques in local language and Russian mentioning the Holocaust and Russianss. Reached by turning directly off a public road and crossing public property collective field and forest, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. The approximate size is now 0.10 hectares. 1-20 stones, all in original location, date from 1976. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural and forest. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents stop. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities re-erected stones and cleared vegetation in 1976. Authorities occasionally clean or clear. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism (In October 1996, the act of vandalism was "looking for the gold"). Moderate threat: weather erosion (seasonal) and vegetation (seasonal). Slight threat: pollution.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152 Kiev, 5 Tychiny St., apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 07/10/96. Voroshthuk Mariya Grigorievna of 1 Lenina St., Pliskov [tel. (071) 29142] was interviewed on 06/10/96.

Pn


PNEVNO:     US Commission No. UA02300101
Alternate name: Pniewno (German) and Pnyevno (English). The town is located at 51°40 25°16, 25 km from Kamen' Kashirskiy and 139 km from Rovno. The cemetery is located at NW of village Executive Soviet, 500 m from road to K. Kashirskiy. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 17-18th century. 1939 Jewish population was 143. Effecting the Jewish community were B.Khmelnitskiy Pogroms, First World War, 1917 Revolution, 1920 Brest Peace Treaty, and 1939 joining the USSR. The last known Karlin Stolinskaya Hasidic Jewish burial was 1941. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The wooded flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by to the NW from village Executive Soviet, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII and now is 0.50 hectares. There are 1 to 20 stones. Location of removed stones is unknown. Stones date from 20th century. The cemetery has only common tombstones. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for neglected Jewish cemetery. Properties adjacent are forest. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was been vandalized during World War II with no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Serious threat: uncontrolled access (needs the gate to forest location). Moderate threat: pollution, vegetation (seasonal) and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion.
     Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo str. 18, apt.38 [tel. (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 20/11/1996. Kravchenko Anatoliy Alekseyevich was interviewed on 20/11/1996. Documentation: The Holocaust of Volynian Jews 1941-1945. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem; Federation of Volynian Jews, 1990, by Shmuel Spector.

PNIEWNO: (German) see Pnevno
PNYEVNO: (English) see Pnevno
POB: (Polish) see Bar

POCHAEV:     US Commission No. UA19060501
Alternate name: Pochayv (Yiddish), Pitcheyev (German), Pitshayev (Hungarian), Pochayev (Slov), Poczajov (Polish) and Potchayev (Ukraine). Pochaev is located in Ternopolskaya 50°1 25°29, 82 km from Rovno, 25 km from Kremenets and 70 km from Ternopol. The mass grave is located at E part of the town. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1931 Jewish population (census) was 1180. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1680 Khmelnitsky pogroms and 1919-1920 Civil War. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942 with last known Jewish burial was 1943. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. Between fields and woods, isolated hillside and crown of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. No stones are visible. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely, local residents visit. The mass grave was not vandalized in the last ten years with no maintenance. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism. Slight threat: pollution, vegetation and existing nearby development.
     Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo str. 18, apt. 38 [tel. (03322) 34775] visited site on 7/5/95, 7/6/95, and 7/7/95 and completed survey on 7/8/95, Interviewed was Storchik Vasiliy Nikolayevich of Shevchenko str. 14/1 [tel. (071) 61320] on 7/6/95 and 7/7/95. Documentation: Shmuel Spector. The Holocaust of Volynian Jews 1941-1945.; Yad Vashem, Jerusalem: Federation of Volinian Jews, 1990. p. 131, 358. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

POCHAYEV: (Slov) see Pochaev

POCHAYEV:     US Commission No. UA19060101
Alternate name: Pochayev (Yiddish), Pitcheyev (German), Pitshayev (Hungarian), Pochayev (Slov), Poczajov (Polish) and Potchayew (Ukraine). Pochayev is located in Ternopolskaya at 50°1 25°29, 70 km from Ternopol, 25 km from Kremenets, and 82 km from Rovno. The cemetery is located in the central part of the town at Promyshlennaya St. 15. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1931 Jewish population (census) was 1180. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1680 Khmelnitsky pogroms, 1919-1920 Civil War. The last known Hasidic (Karlin-Stolin) Jewish burial was 1941. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. No visible stones or known mass graves exist. A regional or national governmental agency owns site used for industrial or commercial use. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of commercial or industrial development. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years with no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Moderate threat: existing nearby development. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, vandalism and proposed nearby development.
     Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo Str. 18, apt. 38 [tel. (03322) 34775] visited site on 7/5/95 and completed survey on 07/08/1995. Interviewed were Storchik Vasiliy Nikolayevich of Shevchenko str.14/1 [tel. (071) 61320] on 7/5/95 and Trophimyuk A.N. of Vossoyedineniya str.14 [tel. (071) 61242] on 7/5/95 and Semenyuk T.N. of Vossoyedineniya str.14 on 7/5/95. Documentation: Shmuel Spector. The Holocaust of Volynian Jews 1941-1945.; Yad Vashem. Federation of Volinian Jews, Jerusalem, 1990, p. 131,358. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

POCHAYV: (Yiddish) see Pochaev
POCHREBISHTCHE: (Hungarian) see Pogrebishche
POCZAJOV: (Polish) see Pochaev and Pochayev
PODGAYCY: see PIDHAYTSI and BEREZHANY

PODGAYTSY:     US Commission No. UA19080101
Alternate name: Podgaytsy (Yiddish). Podgaytsy is located in Ternopolskaya at 49°16 25°8, 100 km from Ternopol. The cemetery is located at center on Lesi Ukrainki str. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 15th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 2872. The Jewish cemetery was established in 17th century with last known Hasidic (Karlin-Stolin) Jewish burial 1950. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside and crown of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. 501-5000 common tombstones, most in original location with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 16th century. Location of removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery and agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are residential and garden. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, organized individual tours, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Authorities occasionally clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and vandalism.
     Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo str. 18, apt. 38 [tel. (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 24/04/1996. Interviewed were Paren Nuta Elyevich [tel. (03522) 69323] on 23/04/1996. Documentation: Materials of Ternopolskaya Oblast Jewish Community.

PODGAYTSY: (Yiddish) see Podgaytsy
PODHAJCE: see PIDHAYTSI and BEREZHANY
PODOLYE: may be buried at Suhaya Balka

PODOLIA GUBERNIYA:
Town Earliest # Graves Modern burials? Condition
Derazhnia Cemetery 1500 7000 Yes Excellent
Derazhnia Mass Kill 1942 3000   Fair-overgrown, neglected.
Kamenets-Podolski 1500 10000 Yes Fair to good-most cemetery: stones readable but some sections vandalized.
Kamenets-Podolski Killing Site 1942 10000+   Original site covered by apartment block built after WWII; some bones relocated to mass graves within Jewish cemetery (located nearby).
Letichev Mass Killing Site 1942 7500   Fair-monument, vandalized, needs stabilization.
Letichev New Cemetery 1860 1000 Yes Poor, vandalized and overgrown, gravestones overturned but can still be read
Letichev Old Cemetery 1500 500 No Destroyed by a new house built on the site
Medzhib. Mass Killing Site 1942 2000   Excellent
Medzhibozh New Cemetery 1840 5000 Yes Good-neglected, overgrown.
Medzhibozh Old Cemetery 1555 750 No Excellent
Mikhalpol Cemetery 1860 200 No Poor, inscribed parts of gravestones completely removed by vandals
Proskurov Mass Killing Site 1919 10000+   Excellent
Proskurov Cemetery Pre-1900 10000+ Yes Good-I didn't spend much time here.
Shargorod Cemetery 1500 7000 Yes Excellent-divided into sections, oldest part is in a different location than newer parts.
Stari Meidan Cemetery 1845 50 No Poor-vandalized and overgrown, only a few gravestones can be read.
Volkovintsi Cemetery 1950 25 Yes Good. starting to become neglected and overgrown.
Zinkov Cemetery 1500 5000 Yes Poor, vandalized, virtually every stone purposely overturned, but some stones still readable.

NOTES:
     (1) Proskurov is now called Khmelnitsky. Mikhalpol is now called Mikhalovka.
     (2) My estimates of earliest dates where often based on the style of gravestone, not necessarily from observable dates (not always available). The style of the gravestones was quite distinctive within different time periods.
     (3) My above scale is purely subjective. It should be noted that the older cemeteries have significant natural degradation. This is strictly a function of the quality of the stonework, the composition of the stones, and the weathering conditions of the site. For instance, in the old cemetery at Medzhibozh while perhaps only a few hundred stones are visible, you get the impression that every square inch at one time had a stone over it. As you walk, underfoot you can feel stones or portions of them. I feel this is mostly an erosion effect and not an effect of vandalism in this particular cemetery. The surviving stones generally are quite massive with significantly deep carvings. Frost heave over many freeze-thaw cycles has a significant effect on whether the stones remain in their original upright positions. Generally, those gravestones with the upright parts that are firmly connected to a basal foundation tend to stay in their original positions. Others tend to topple over then subsequently get buried by soil and vegetation. It would be interesting and perhaps worthwhile to attempt to restore some of these cemeteries. This would primarily be an exercise in archeology, IMHO.
     (4) Please don't ask me for additional information about any one of these cemeteries. ("Is Uncle Joe Schwartz buried there?"). For the most part, surnames were NOT carved into the stones until burials after WWII. Only in rare occasions does one get a hint as to who the people were or from which families. Two thousand stones that say "X ben/bat Y" unfortunately help no genealogist very much unless more careful work is done and you have additional information. I cannot tell you how many "Moshe ben Yisrael's" I saw. Only on occasion did you get other information. For instances, Cohens or Levys were *sometimes* marked differently. The Rabbis or Tsadiks were often the best marked. Source: David Chapin dchapin@er.arco.com. [date?]

PODVOLOCHYSK: see VOLOCHYSK

PODVYSOKE:
Alternate names: Pidvysoke, Podvysokoye, Podwysokie. Population: nineteen Jews in 1900, zero in 1939. 18 km west of Berezhan. Source: http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/genealogy.htm [November 2002]

POESTCHANKA: (German) see Peschanka
POGORBISHCH: (German) see Pogrebishche
POGORELOV: may be buried at Dubno

POGREBISHCHE I:     US Commission No. UA01500501
Alternate name: Probishta (Yiddish), Pohorbishch (German) and Pogrebiszcze (Polish). The town is located at 49°29 29°16, 62 km from Vinnitsa. The mass grave is located at the SE part of the town on Kotsubinskogo St. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1926 Jewish population was 2881. Effecting the Jewish community were 1648 pogrom of B. Khmelnitsky, 1736 and 1768 Gaydamathsky pogroms, and 1919 Civil War pogroms. Living here was Ar'e Ieguda Leyb b. Baruh. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 19-23 October 1941. Dzunkov (15 km away) and Novofastov (15 km away) Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated suburban hillside has signs or plaques in local language, Hebrew, and Russian mentioning the Holocaust and Russianss. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken fence and non-locking gate surround the mass grave. 1-20 common tombstones, all in original location, date from 1965. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are ravine and the kitchen garden of the farmstead. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit. This mass grave was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals within country cleared vegetation in 1965 with constant restoration every year. Now, there is regular unpaid caretaker. (Without 1975, works of ferro-concrete items). Within the limits of the site are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation (seasonal and constant problem) and existing nearby development. Slight threat: vandalism and proposed nearby development.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152 Kiev, 5 Tychiny St., apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 01/10/96. No interviews.
POGREBISHCHE II:     US Commission No. UA01500502
     The 1942 Hasidic mass grave is located at center of the town, 109 Khmelnitskogo str. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated urban flat land has signs or plaques in local language and Russian mentioning the Holocaust and Russians. Reached by crossing public property of A.T. Enterprise, access is open with permission. A continuous fence and a gate that locks surround the mass grave. The approximate size is now 0.35 hectares. 1-20 common tombstones, all in original location, date from 1965. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial and residential. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit. This mass grave was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals within country cleaned stones and cleared vegetation annually since but without 1975. Authorities occasionally clean or clear. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Moderate threat: existing nearby development. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion (seasonal), pollution, vandalism and proposed nearby development. See above for survey info. No interviews.
POGREBISHCHE III:     US Commission No. UA01500503
     The 1942 mass grave is located on the bottom of the ravine NW of town on Gagarina St. Novofastov (22 km away) and Dzunkov (22 km away) Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated suburban land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road and crossing public property (MTE N10-537), access is open to all with a continuous fence and non-locking gate. The approximate size is now 0.06 hectares. 1-20 common tombstones, all in original location, date from 1965. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial and hillside of the ravine. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents stop. This mass grave was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals within country cleaned stones and cleared vegetation in every year without the monument installed. [sic] Within the limits of the site are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion and vegetation. Slight threat: pollution, vandalism, existing and proposed nearby development. See above for survey info. No interviews.
POGREBISHCHE III:     US Commission No. UA01500504
     The mass grave is located at E, Molodegnaya St., at the right to the road. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated suburban hillside has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, crossing public Polish cemetery and the kitchen gardens. The access is open to all with a continuous fence and non-locking gate. The approximate size is now 0.02 hectares. 1-20 common tombstones, all in original location, date from 1965. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are the kitchen gardens. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents stop. This mass grave was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals within country cleaned stones and cleared vegetation annually without 1975. (Look p.14 [sic]). Within the limits of the site are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution and vegetation (seasonal). Slight threat: vandalism, existing and proposed nearby development. See above for survey info. No interviews.
POGREBISHCHE IV:     US Commission No. UA01500505
     The 1941 mass grave is located at the E part of the Jewish cemetery. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The suburban hillside between fields and woods, part of a municipal cemetery, has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by crossing public Jewish cemetery, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. The approximate size is now 0.05 hectares. 1-20 common tombstones, all in original location, date from 1965. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Property adjacent is Jewish cemetery. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit. This mass grave was not vandalized. Jewish individuals within country re-erected stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation in 1965. The regular caretaker is paid by visitors' contributions. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion (seasonal) and vegetation (seasonal). Slight threat: pollution and vandalism.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152 Kiev, 5 Tychiny St., apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 01/10/96. Interviewed were Stashevskaya Ekaterina Petrovna of 4 Chapaeva str. on 01/10/96 and Dubovsky Alexandr Yakovlevich of 20 Krasnoarmeyskaya str. [tel. (04346) 21790] on 01/10/96.
POGREBISHCHE V:     US Commission No. UA01500101
     The cemetery is located at NE of town, between Chapaeva and Kalinina str. The last known Conservative Jewish burial was in 1970. Pliskov (22 km away) and Babin (22 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban hillside and crown of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or fence but a non-locking gate. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII and now is 4.00 hectares. 501-5000 stones, most in their original location, date from 1895 to 20th century. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, organized Jewish group tours or pilgrimage groups, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Jewish individuals within country cleaned stones, cleared vegetation and fixed gate in 1968. Now, a regular caretaker is paid by a local contribution. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion (seasonal) and vegetation (seasonal). Slight threat: pollution and vandalism.
     Stashevskaya Ekaterina Petrovna of 4 Chapaeva str. on 01/10/96 and Dubovskiy Aleksandr Yakovlevich of 20, Krasnoarmeyskaya str. [tel. (04346) 21790] were interviewed on 01/10/96.

POGREBISZCZE: (Polish) see Pogrebishche
POHORBISHCH: (German) see Pogrebishche
POHREBYSZCZE: (Polish and Czech) see Pogrebishche
POHYBRYSZCZE: (Polish and others) see Pogrebishche
POKROVSKOYE: (Russian) see Apostolovo
POLIEN LIPSA: (Hungarian) see v. Lipsha
POLNA: (Russian) see Polonnoe

POLOGI:     US Commission No. UA07050101
Pologi is located in Zaporozhskaya, 96 km from Zaporoje. Present town population is under 1,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was second half 19th century. The last known Hasidic Jewish burial was 1993. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The suburban agricultural flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no gate. 21-100 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1944. Location of removed stones is unknown. Some tombstones have portraits on stones and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for other. Properties adjacent are other. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop. Someone cleared vegetation. Occasionally, individuals clean or clear. No threats.
     Shevelev Mark Petrovich of 330000,Zaporoje, Tsentralniy bulvar 25, apt.54 [tel. (0612) 396982] visited site and completed survey on 8/31/94. Interviewed were Shlyahman Vladimir Iosifovich on 8/31/94.

POLONA: (Ukraine) see Polonnoe

POLONNOE:     US Commission No. UA22040101
Alternate name: Polna (Russian) and Polona (Ukraine). Polonnoe is located in Khmelnitskaya at 50°7 27°31, 120 km from Zhitomir, 250 km from Kiev and 107 km from Rovno. The cemetery is located at Kirova St. 75. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 101-1,000 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 14th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 5337. Effecting the Jewish Community was pogroms of B.Chmelnitskogo. The Jewish cemetery was established in 14th century with last known Hasidic Jewish burial 1994. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban crown of a hill by water has signs or plaques in Yiddish. Reached by turning directly off a public road, accesses is open to all with a broken masonry wall and gate that locks. 101-500 stones, most in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1770. Location of removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have portraits on stones and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial and residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Frequently, organized individual tours, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Jewish survivors and the government pay the regular caretaker who cleaned stones and cleared vegetation. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion and vandalism.
     Peysahov Dmitriy Berovich of Kiev, 40-let Oktyabrya str. 48, apt. 6 [tel. (044) 2650346] visited the site and completed survey on 10/30/94. Interviewed were not listed. No documentation was used.

POLONNOYE: also see Nova Pollonnoye
     The land-marked cemetery is centrally located in town and visible from the road. A fence with a locked gate with Yiddish and Russian signs surrounds. The non-Jewish caretaker has a key but the wall is low enough to be jumped. The cemetery is active with about about 150 Jews still remaining in the community. The hillside water has a sign in Yiddish & Russian. The cemetery is on a main town street. Access is open with permission with a continuous masonry wall and a gate that locks. 100-500 gravestones are in the cemetery with 100-500 in original location and 20-100 not. Less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken. The granite, limestone, and sandstone rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, horizontally set stones, mauseleoms, or other types have Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian inscriptions. Some of the tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The local Jewish community owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. The cemetery is visited occasionally. Jewish individuals within the city cleared vegetation. Current care is paid contributions from visitors to regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery is a small building at gate entrance probably for maintenance supplies. Threats: Security (uncontrolled access) is a slight threat. Weather erosion is a moderate threat. Interested in site: Toni Abel tauna@aol.com. Ellen Shindelman visited Polonnoye in July 1997 and updated the survey on 25 Sept 1997. 5400 N. 27th Road, Arlington, VA 22207 USA; grapevyn@erols.com

POLTAVA:     US Commission No. UA16010101
Poltava is located in Poltavskaya at 49°35 34°34, 400 km from Kiev. The cemetery is located on N. Present town population is over 100,000 with 101-1,000 Jews. No other information was supplied.

POMORIANY: (German) see Pomoryany

POMORTSY:     US Commission No. UA19100101
Alternate name: Yazlovets (Yiddish), Jaslowiec (German), Jazlowiec (Hungarian), Yazlivitz (Czech) and Yablonovka (1947-1994) (Russian). Pomortsy is located in Ternopolskaya at 48°58 25°26, 16 km from Buchach and 82 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at N, 1 km from center, near Christian cemetery. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     1939 Jewish population (census) was 474. The Jewish cemetery was established in in the 17th century with last known Hasidic (Sadgoskaya) Jewish burial 1940. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. 101-500 stones, most in original location with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. Location of removed stones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II with no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery is a pre-burial house. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Serious threat: uncontrolled access with many broken tombstones. Moderate threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: existing and proposed nearby development.
     Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37 a, apt.23 [tel. (044) 2769505] visited site on 16/04/1996 and completed survey April 1996.. No interviews were conducted.

POMORYANY:     US Commission No. UA13460101
Alternative names: German: Pomoriany Polish: Pomorzany. Pomoryany is in Lvovskaya oblast at 49°38' and 42°36', 26 km from Zolochev. The cemetery is located at SE part of village on Maltsev St 45-47 on a hill behind houses. Present town population is 1000-5000, with no Jews.
     The unlocked cemetery has no caretaker. The earliest Jewish community was 1603. 1935Jewish population was 2174. Ukrainian-Polish war (1648-1655); 1667- Turks and Cossacks had taken Pomoryany; Privileges of Polish king Vladislav 4 for Jews in 1654 and of Polish king Yan III in 1692; 1711 fire in Pomoryany because of Russian troops effected Jewish community. The cemetery was created is 1654 with last known Orthodox Jewish burial before June 1941. Dunaev, 15 km away, used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off the road, access is open to all with no wall or fence or gate. The approximate size of the cemetery before the World War II and now was 0.95 hectares. 1-20 concrete gravestones with metal elements, all in original location, with more than 75% broken, date from 20th century. Some removed stones are part of roads or structures in Pomoryany. Inscriptions are illegible. There are no separate monuments, structures, or mass graves. The municipality owns property used only as Jewish cemetery. The cemetery borders residential area. The cemetery boundaries are the same as in 1939. Rarely, private citizens visit. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II and since. Very serious threat: post-war vandalism created a sand quarry. Along with sand, people took away stones too. Only concrete foundations are left. At present, the quarry is inactive. Moderate threat: safety, erosion, and pollution. Slight threat: vegetation overgrowth, incompatibility with present and planned construction.
     Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 visited site in 15.10.1998 and completed survey in 7.11.1998. Documentation: CSHA, Fond 186, Inventory 6, page 17; Slownik Geog. Krol. Pol., T.8, p.747, Warsz., 1889 (in Polish); CSHA, F.9, inv. 360 points of Safe, p.46. Kolesnik Alexandra Vasilievna, secretary of the village Soviet, tel.: 98260, was interviewed.

POMORZANY: (Polish) See Pomoryany
POPIVTSI: (Ukraine) see Popovtsi
POPOVKA: may be buried at Konotop

POPOVTSI:     US Commission No. UA01150101
Alternate name: Popivtsi (Ukraine). Popovtsi is located in Vinnitskaya Oblast, Barskiy r. at 48°54 27°59, 62 km from Vinnitsa. The cemetery is located at hilltop, 500m from the town near produce conservation factory. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 850. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1768-1772 Barskoy Confederation pogrom, 1918-1920 Pogrom, and 1941-1944 Ghetto. The Jewish cemetery was established in in the 18th century with last known Hasidic Jewish burial 1948. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside between fields and woods has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing a ravine and field, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. 101-500 stones, most in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 18th century to 20th century. Location of removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has special sections for men, women and children. Some tombstones have metallic elements and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, others visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Jewish individuals within country cleaned stones and cleared vegetation but no maintenance now. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves and stones. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation (All cemetery is overgrown by trees and shrubs.) and vandalism (The accessible headstones are broken.). Moderate threat: weather erosion and pollution. Slight threat: existing nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17D apt. 52 [tel. (0482) 665950] visited site on 6/27/94 and completed survey on 27/06/1994. Interviewed were inhabitants in Popovtsi (non-Jewish). Documentation: Town populations in the Russian Empire. Podol Region. 1864; Historical Monuments in the Podol Region. V.P.Gylman 1901; Population of towns in the Podol Region. A.Krylov. 1905; National Minorities in Ukraine. Register. Kharkiv. 1925. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

PORECHYE:     US Commission No. UA14240501
Alternate name: Roshtadt (Russian). Porechye is located in Nikolaevskaya at 47°0 31°_. Porechye is 125 km from Odessa. The mass grave is located at N part of village. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1794, Odessa. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 153,242-Odessa. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1881 pogrom and 1905 pogrom. Living here were S. Frug and V. Zhabotinskiy. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic Jewish burial 1944. Odessa (125 km away) Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. No stones or unmarked mass graves exist. Municipality owns site used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing) and mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years with no maintenance. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vandalism and existing nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St., 17D, apt. 52 [tel: (0482) 665950] visited site in /03/1995 and completed survey on 06/06/1995. Interviewed were Ilchenko N.O. of Porechye on /03/1995. Documentation: see at section 14 [sic]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

POTCHAYEV: (Ukraine) see Pochaev
POTCHAYEW: (Ukraine) see Pochayev
POTEK ZOLTI: (Yiddish) see Zolotoy Potok
POTIEVKA: may be buried at Chernyahov
POTIK: (German) see Zolotoy Potok
POTOK ZLOTY: (Hungarian) see Zolotoy Potok
POTOTSKOYE: (Polish) see Severinovka
POTOTSKOYE TO 1917: (Polish) see v. Severinovka

POVCHINO:     US Commission No. UA05510501
Povchino is located in Zhitomirskaya, 30 km from Novograd-Volynskiy and 4 km from Korets. The mass grave is located at 1 km to W from village, "Shitnya". Present town population is under 1,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1765. 1941 Jewish population (census) was 3888. Effecting the Jewish Community was data about Korets (sacrifice from Korets). [sic] The Hasidic Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942. Rovenskaya oblast (4 km away) Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing other public property (highway Povchino-Korets, through field collective farm, access is open to all with a continuous fence. 1-20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1950. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. This mass grave was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities erected stones in 1950. Authorities occasionally clean or clear. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and proposed nearby development.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina St. 107, apt. 42. [tel. (04141)54259] visited site on /05/1992 and completed survey on 24/10/1995. Interviewed were Finkelman Boris Abramovich on /05/1992. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

POVOLOCH: (Czech, Polish and Russian) see Pavoloch
POWOLOCH: (Russian) see Pavoloch
POZHEV: (Russian) see Rozhev
PRCYLUKI: (Hungarian) see Priluki 257350
PRILESTNOYE: used Gorodok (US Commission No. UA02320101)

PRILUKI I: 251350, US Commission No. UA24180101
Alternate name: Przluki (Ukraine). Priluki is located in Chernigovskaya at 50°36 32°24, 135 km from Kiev, 170 km from Chernigov and 88 km from Konotop. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with 101-1,000 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was first half of 19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 9001. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1905 with last known Hasidic Jewish burial 1975. v. Linivitsa, v. Ladan (10 km away) and v. Gusynya, and v. Malaya Divits (10 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road and crossing public city hospital, access is open to all with a broken fence, hedges or trees, and a non-locking gate. No stones are visible. Location of removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has special sections for men, women and rabbis. Stones date from 20th century. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, with iron decorations or lettering, with other metallic elements, portraits on stones and metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The local Jewish community and the municipality own property used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential and city hospital. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country patched broken stones, cleaned stones, cleared vegetation and fixed gate until 1974. Occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, damaging stones. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vegetation. Serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: weather erosion. Slight threat: existing nearby development.
     Sokolova Eleonora Evgenievna of 253152 Kiev, Tychini Prospect 5, apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited and completed survey on 08/24/1994. Interviewed were Klovskiy Boris Mihaylovich of Sverdlova str. 14, apt. 22 [tel. (04637) 32605] on 8/24/94 and Sheptovitskiy Lev Mihaulovich of Dragomanova St., 36 [tel. (04637) 41629] on 8/24/94.
PRILUKI II: 251350. US Commission No. UA24180102
     The last known Hasidic Jewish burial was first half of 20th century. v. Lipovitsa, v. Ladan (10 km away) and v. Gusynya, v. Malaya Divits (10 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside by water has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road and crossing private property, access is entirely closed. No stones are visible. Removed stones were incorporated into roads or structures. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Jewish individuals within country and Jewish community did cleaned stones and cleared vegetation until 1905. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
     Sokolova Eleonora Evgenievna of 253152 Kiev, Tychini Prospect 5, apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited and completed survey on 8/25/94. Interviewed were Sheptovitskiy Lev Mihaylovich of Dragomanova St. 36 [tel. (04637) 41629] on 8/25/94 and Chubatiy Aleksey Vasilievich of Lenina str. 139 on 8/25/94.
PRILUKI III: 251350. US Commission No. UA24180103
     The earliest known Jewish community was first quarter of 19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 9001. Living here was Novikov. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1972 with last known Hasidic Jewish burial 1994. Golod Naum Isaakovich and Rozenberg Leyvik lived here. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a broken fence and a gate that locks. 101-500 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1972. The cemetery has special sections for men and women. Some tombstones have iron decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for other. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop. This cemetery was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities cleaned stones and cleared vegetation in 1972-1994. The government pays the regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery are a well and other structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: vegetation. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution and vandalism. Other documentation exists but was too general.
     Sokolova Eleonora Evgenievna of 253152 Kiev, Tychini Prospect 5, apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 8/23/94. Interviewed were Dobrodub Mariya Markovna of Pereyaslova Khmelnitskogo St. 58, apt. 20 [tel. (04637) 35186] on 8/23/94 and Leyderman Moisey Gdalevich of Sverdlova St. 37, apt. 4 [tel. (04637) 35945] on 8/23/94.
PRILUKI IV: 257350, US Commission No. UA24180501
Alternate name: Prcyluki (Hungarian). The mass grave is located at E.
     The earliest known Jewish community was first quarter of 19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 9001. Effecting the Jewish Community were March, April 1919 Denikinsky pogroms, 1905 Pogroms, 1941-1942 Jewish Ghetto, and 1942-1943 mass killing of Jews. Living here were Chairman of Jewish Community Krasnopolsky Isroyel Meich and Rabbi Yasnogorodsky. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked 1943 mass grave. The mass grave location has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. 1-20 common tombstones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1948. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are residential. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit. This mass grave was not vandalized. Authorities occasionally clean or clear. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution and vegetation. Slight threat: vandalism, existing and proposed nearby development.
     Sokolova Eleonora Evgeniyevna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny pr., 5, apt. 68 [tel. (0444)550568] visited site and completed survey on 1/12/94. Interviewed were Dobrodub Mariya Markovna of Pereyaslov-Khmelnitskiy St., 58, apt.20 [tel. (04637) 35186] on 1/12/94 and Kuznetsova Mariya Dmitriyevna [tel. (04637)35398] on 1/12/94.

PRISLUP:     US Commission No. UA06120101
Alternate name: Przyslup (Yiddish) and Lukvitsa (German). Prislup is located in Zakarpatskaya at 48°44 24°15, 200 km from Mukachevo and 133 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at Centr. Prislup. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was mid-19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 36. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1918. The last known Hasidic Jewish burial was 1943. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. 21-100 common tombstones, most in original location with more than 75% toppled or broken, date from 19th century. Location of removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections or known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential and forest. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II with no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and existing nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St., 17D, apt. 52 [tel: (0482) 665950] visited site on /07/1995 and completed survey on 23/08/1995. Interviewed was Posas Elena of Prislup on /07/1995. Documentation: Short Jewish Encyclopaedia, v.2m Jerusalem, 1982. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

PRIYIDNAYA: (Yiddish) see Priyutnoye

PRIYUTNOYE:     US Commission No. UA07120501
Alternate name: Priyidnaya (Yiddish). Priyutnoye is located in Zaporozhskaya at 47°44 36°40, 140 km from Zaporozhye and 146 km from Dnepropetrovsk. The mass grave is located at 300 v from garage. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1842. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 66. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked 1941 mass grave. The rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. The approximate size is now 0.01 hectares. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are garage. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. This mass grave was not vandalized. No maintenance. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage is a seasonal problem.
     Shevelev Mark Petrovich of 330000, Zaporozhye, Central bulvar 25, apt.54 [tel. (0612) 396982] visited site on 2/10/95 and completed survey on 03/05/1994. Interviewed was Kalinichenko Anatoliy Sergeevich on 2/10/95.

PROBISHTA: (Yiddish) see Pogrebishche

PROHOROVNYA:     US Commission No. UA17050101
Prohorovnya is located in Rovenskaya. The town is location at 53°8 26°64, 101 km from Rovno and 101 km from Lvov. The cemetery is located at 1.5 km from Radivilov. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 16th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 4000. The Jewish cemetery was established in 05.1942. No other towns or villages' used this landmarked cemetery. The isolated wooded flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road and crossing other public forest, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. 1-20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1993. The cemetery has no special sections. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns site used for other. Properties adjacent are forest. The cemetery boundaries are larger now than 1939. Rarely, organized Jewish group tours or pilgrimage groups stop. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Authorities occasionally clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism. Slight threat: vegetation.
     Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of Lutsk, Grushevskogo Prospect 18, apt. 38 [tel. (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 10/24/1994. Interviewed were Kostyuk V.G. on 10/22/94 and Pastuh A.S. on 10/24/94.

PROLETARSKAYA ST.: (Yiddish) see Krolevets
PROLETARSKAYA: (Yiddish) see Kremenchug
PROSKOPOL: (Yiddish) see v. Zhuravniki
PROSKOROV: now called and see Chmielnitsky
PROSKUROV: is now called Khmelnitsky: see Podolia Guberniya
PROSKUROV: Cemetery & 1919 mass killing site: see Podolia Guberniya

PROSKUROV:
     Today, there are two mass graves. In one of them 30,000 were buried. In the second were 46,000. In the first year after WWII, area residents used the graves as a grazing ground. The Jews, in response, dug a canal around the graves so the cows could not reach the area. Later, a group of young Jews requested that the Proskurov local council establish a memorial tombstone. The council did not respond. Only after applying pressure on ministers in the capitol did the Jews get permission to build two memorial tombstones, but on one of them is written: "In memory of the USSR residents who were murdered by the Nazis during WWII".
     Today, Proskurov is called Chelminicki (who hated Israel). Source: Tova Perlshtein's Memoirs of Kupel, Ukraine: translated by: Ophira Oruch, Oakland, Ca. 2/96; Document was retyped and scanned by Lawrence J. Korman: LKorman956@aol.com [11/23/97]

PRZEMISLANI: (German) see Peremyshlayny
PRZEMYSLANY: (Polish) see Peremyshlayny
PRZLUKI: (Ukraine) see Priluki 251350 and Priluki
PRZLYKI: (Ukraine) see Priluki and Priluki 251350
PRZYLUKI: (Ukraine) see Priluki
PRZYSLUP: (Yiddish) see Prislup
PUKIV: (Polish) see Kosov
PULMO: may be buried at Lyuboml

PUTILA:     US Commission No. UA25100101
Alternate name: Putyla (Yiddish). Putila is located in Chernovitskaya at 48°0 25°5, 95 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at S part of the village. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with no Jews.      1939 Jewish population (census) was 382. The Jewish cemetery was established in in the 19th century with last known Hasidic Jewish burial 1940. No other towns or villages' used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A continuous fence without gate surrounds the cemetery. 501-5000 stones, all in original location with 50%-75% toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. Location of removed stones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site used for industrial or commercial use. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of commercial or industrial development. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years with no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are sructures of Lesokombinat. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: existing and proposed nearby development. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion and vandalism.
     Hodorkovsky Yuriy Isaakovich of 252037, Ukraine, Kiev, Vozduhoflotsky 37a, 23 [tel. (044) 2769505] visited site on 1/26/95 and completed survey on 02/05/95 with no interviews was conducted. Documentation: Gross S.Y., Cohen Y.Y. Sefer Marmoroch, Tel Aviv, 1983.

PUTYLA: (Yiddish) see Putila

PYATIGORY I:     US Commission No. UA09280502
Alternate name: Piatohor (Yiddish), Piatyhory (German) and Pjatigory (Polish). The town is located at 49°21 29°56, 20 km from Tetiyev and 69 km from Uman'. The mass grave is located 400 m N from end of Gagarin St. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     1926 Jewish population was 532. Effecting the Jewish community was 1941 execution of 17 Jewish men by Germans. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 century No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated rural, agricultural land has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing other public property (tillage), access is open to all with a continuous fence but no gate. The approximate size is now 0.02 hectares. No stones are visible OR The mass grave has only common tombstones. [Sic] The mass grave contains marked mass graves and unmarked mass graves but no structures. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, private visitors and local residents stop. This mass grave was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation 1946-1996. Now there is regular volunteer caretaker. Very serious threat: weather erosion (The mass grave is on the bottom of the ravine so the ground can be washed-out.) Serious threat: uncontrolled access Moderate threat: vegetation (seasonal). Slight threat: pollution and vandalism.
     Sokolova Eleonora Yevgeniyevna of 253152, Kiyev, Tichini Str. N5, apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 11/09/1996. Interviewed were Slovey Vladimir Ivanovich of Pyatigory, Lugovaya St., N4, [tel. 42119] on 11/09/1996 and Lukyanuk Yevdokiya Mikhaylovna of Pyatigory, Sikorskogo St., [tel. 42154] on 11/09/1996. Documentation: Veytsblit I.I. Movement of Jewish People in Ukraine', published by 'Proletar', 1930; Jewish Encyclopedia, published by Brokgauz- Yefron', Leningrad.; The History of Towns and Villages of Ukraine. Kiyevskaya oblast, Kiyev 1971; Semyonov P., Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of Russian Empire, 1865; The list of populated areas in Kiyevskaya Province; Statistical reference-book of numbers of Jewish population in Russia', 1918. PYATIGORY II:     US Commission No. UA09280501
     The mass grave is located at S part of village, on land of SP "Pyatigory". Caretaker: The secondary school of Pyatigorsk, Shkolnaya St. N1. December 1941 was mass execution of 172 Jews (old persons, children, and womans) by Germans.The Jewish mass grave was dug December 1941. Tetiyev (20 km away) and Kashperovka (20 km away) Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated urban crown of a hillhas no sign or marker. Reached by crossing public autoworkshop, access is open to all with a continuous fence and non-locking gate. The approximate size is now 0.09 hectares. No stones are visible OR The mass grave has only common tombstones [sic]. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial, agricultural and the wood-reserve. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop. This mass grave was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation regulary 1946-1996. Now a volunteer regular caretaker takes care. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion (seasonal) and vegetation (seasonal). No threat: pollution, vandalism, existing and proposed nearby development.
     Sokolova Eleonora Yevgeniyevna of 253152, Kiyev, Tichini Str. N5, apt. 68 [tel. (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 11/09/1996. Interviewed were Slovey Vladimir Ivanovich of Pyatigory, Lugovaya St., N4, [tel. 42119] on 11/09/1996 and Lukyanuk Yevdokiya Mikhaylovna of Pyatigory, Sikorskogo St., [tel. 42154] on 11/09/1996. Documentation: Veytsblit I.I. Movement of Jewish People in Ukraine', published by 'Proletar', 1930; Jewish Encyclopedia, published by Brokgauz- Yefron', Leningrad.; The History of Towns and Villages of Ukraine. Kiyevskaya oblast, Kiyev 1971; Semyonov P., Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of Russian Empire, 1865; The list of populated areas in Kiyevskaya Province; Statistical reference-book of numbers of Jewish population in Russia', 1918.
PYATIGORY III:     US Commission No. UA09280101
The cemetery is located at S center of the village, in the center park.
     The last known Jewish burial was in 1941. Dibrovka (12 km away) and Strizhavka (12 km awa