Hadyach Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Poltava
District
Hadyach
Settlement
Hadyach
Site address
The cemetery is located at 21, Krasna Hirka Street.
GPS coordinates
50.35496, 34.01145
Perimeter length
790 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery of Hadyach and an ohel of Shneur Zalman of Lyadi, situated on it, is a pilgrimage site. There are a visitor centre and a synagogue adjacent to the cemetery. The part of the cemetery adjacent to the ohel is well-maintained, the other part is severely overgrown. Some gravestones are broken.
Number of existing gravestones
500. Presumably, not all gravestones preserved and there are more graves without it.
Date of oldest tombstone
1812
Date of newest tombstone
The cemetery is still operating.
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
State
Preserved construction on site
There is an ohel of Shneur Zalman of Lyadi, also known as Alter Rebbe, a founder of Chabad.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
