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Chimishliya

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1900s Name: Chimishliya
1900s District: Bendery
1900s Province: Bessarabia
1900s Country: Russian Empire

Modern: Cimislia, Moldova
Modern Ukrainian:
Modern Russian:

1930s: Cimislia, Tighina, Basarabia, Romania
1950s: Chimishliya, Soviet Union

Other names: Cimiºlia [Rom], Chimishliya [Rus], Chimishli [Yid], Cimiszlija [Pol], Chimiashla, Cimislija, Chimishliia

Coordinates:
46°31'N 28°47'E Mapquest Google Maps

Projects

Project Short DescriptionStatusView
Revision ListsIn progress
Coordinator: Yefim Kogan
Revizskie Skazki (Revision Lists) project started in 2009. The Revision Lists (census, family lists) enumerated individuals/families subject to taxation and identified men to draft into the army. The database contains more than 180,000 records from the 9th, 10th and Additional Revisions from 1840-1870s.
Birth records for town of Chimishliya 1883, 1902, 1903Completed
Coordinator: Ariel Parkansky
Chimishliya Jewish CemeteryCompleted
Coordinator: Yefim Kogan
 (January, 2014)
Chimishliya Jewish Cemetery was photographed and indexed
There are about 400 graves currently at the cemetery, and
131 records with 119 photos we submitted to JOWBR. Please see overview
photos of the cemetery, maps of its location, and more at the Chimishliya Jewish Cemetery
Report and
276 photos of the Unknown graves.

Document and Dataset Collections

NameTime frameView
“Chimishlia” Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume 2
Chimishliya Jewish Cemetery19 and 20 centuries
Photograph of the cemetery gravestones

Gallery

TitleCategoryView
GinzburgGallery of Composers, Singers, Actors



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