Bakhchisarai Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Crimea
District
Bakhchisarai
Settlement
Bakhchisarai
Site address
The cemetery is situated around 1.2km to the south of the Uspensky monastery in the narrow Yehoshaphat valley.
GPS coordinates
44.73723, 33.92926
Perimeter length
973 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There are the remnants of the wall and the gate from the northwest.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery has been abandoned and is heavily overgrown.
Number of existing gravestones
7000 tombstone (including 3400 with inscriptions).
Date of oldest tombstone
1797. The survey team noted 1363/4 as the earliest date, however this was not shown in the photos.
Date of newest tombstone
1958 (there are also four cenotaphs built in the early 2000’s).
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
There are the remnants of the cemetery keeper's house (partly excavated in the early 2000’s), as well as the basements of several family mausoleums.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
