Tsikhinichy Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Belarus
Region
Homel
District
Rahachow
Settlement
Tsikhinichy
Site address
The cemetery is located opposite the building at 21, Zolotomirskaya Street.
GPS coordinates
53.15869, 29.86397
Perimeter length
500 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
Fenced by ESJF in October 2020.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
This is a fenced and well-maintained Jewish cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
There are 10-12 tombstones at the site, including fragments
Date of oldest tombstone
-
Date of newest tombstone
-
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The date of the cemetery founding is unknown, but it was marked on Russian maps of the mid-19th century. The cemetery was abandoned and damaged after WWII.
Jews settled in Tsikhinichy in the late 18th century. In 1789, there were 90 Jews here. In 1800, the Jewish community numbered 542 people and owned 66 houses. In 1897, there were 687 Jews in Tsikhinichy and a synagogue existed here. In September 1915, an extensive fire destroyed residential properties and two synagogues. In the 1920s, eleven Jewish families worked on the town’s collective farm. In 1929, local residents organized a pogrom against their Jewish neighbors.
Tsikhinichy was occupied by the Nazis in July 1941. Atsome point during the following fall, the Jews were murdered.
