Boyarka Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Ukraine
Region
Cherkasy
District
Lysianka
Settlement
Boyarka
Site address
The cemetery used to be located on the site currently occupied by the clay quarry, near 2 Shevchenka Street.
GPS coordinates
49.31927, 30.69486
Perimeter length
N/A
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
There are traces of bulldozer use on the cemetery site, which is now used for clay mining. No tombstones remain, but some fragments of human bones were found scattered around the site.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Clay mining.
Drone surveys
No

Historical overview

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. The cemetery could not be found marked on old maps of the region. Today, no visible traces of the cemetery or its boundaries remain.