Kytayhorod New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Khmelnytskyy
District
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Settlement
Kytayhorod New
Site address
To reach the cemetery, proceed for about 400 metres in the southern direction from the crossroads of Ohienka and Shevchenka Streets. The cemetery is located in the fields on the right of the road.
GPS coordinates
48.63768, 26.80301
Perimeter length
480 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
-
Number of existing gravestones
Around 70. Vegetation on the site does not allow to establish the exact number of gravestones. Several gravestones are buried in the ground or covered in vegetation.
Date of oldest tombstone
1855 (oldest found by ESJF expedition)
Date of newest tombstone
1910 (latest found by ESJF expedition)
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
State
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. First, it appears on Russian maps of the 1880s, but the earliest preserved gravestone relates to the mid-19th century.
