This report on the Jewish burial grounds of Kyiv Region, or Oblast, is one of the results of a number of education and research projects undertaken by the Lo Tishkach Foundation in the spring and summer of 2009. It catalogues 52 Jewish cemeteries and 29 Holocaust-era mass graves. The publication, which can be downloaded HERE, also contains details of two mass graves dating from 1919, when many Ukrainian Jews were murdered in the wave of pogroms committed in the aftermath of the Russian revolution.
The report gives the history of the cemetery and of the local Jewish community (in many cases destroyed in the Holocaust), as well as details of access, location and demarcation of the cemetery; graves, gravestones, memorial markers and structures; condition and threats.Thanks to the efforts of local partners and with the support of the Genesis Philanthropy Group, this material is now available for Kyiv Oblast, the area around Ukraine’s capital and its largest city. During the spring and summer months of 2009, 83 burial grounds in the Kyiv Region were located, visited, surveyed and photographed, creating a unique record of the region’s Jewish heritage.
Lo Tishkach surveys in the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine have shown that the following works are urgently required on the cemeteries listed below.
Baryshivka Jewish Cemetery – Identification marker, fencingBohuslav Jewish Cemetery – Completion of fencing, vegetation clearanceBorodianka Jewish Cemetery – Fencing, reparation of broken monuments, vegetation clearanceBoryspil Jewish Cemetery – Identification markerBrovary Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, identification markerByshiv Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, identification marker, restoration of remaining matzevotDymer Jewish Cemetery – Vegetation clearance, fencing, restoration of metal grave markersHermanivka Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, memorial plaqueHnativka Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification markerHornostaypil Old Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification markerHornostaypil New Jewish Cemetery – Identification markerHostomel Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification markerHrebinky Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, identification markerKaharlyk Jewish Cemetery – Vegetation clearance, fencingKivshovata Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification markerKodra Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification markerKozyn Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification markerKyiv (Zvirynetske) Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, identification markerMakariv Jewish Cemetery – Identification markerMedvyn Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, vegetation clearance, identification markerObukhiv Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, identification markerPereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Jewish Cemetery – FencingPiatyhory Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification marker, restoration of gravestonesPoliske Jewish Cemetery – Completion and restoration of fence, vegetation clearanceRokytne Jewish Cemetery – Completion of cemetery wallRozhiv Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification markerRzhyschiv Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification markerSkvyra Old Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, identification markerTetiiv Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification markerTrypillia Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, identification markerVasylkiv Old Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, identification markerVolodarka Old Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, identification markerVolodarka New Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, identification markerVoronkiv Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification markerYahotyn Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification marker, gravestone restorationYasnohorodka Jewish Cemetery – Delineation of cemetery boundaries, fencing, identification marker