Radyvyliv New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Rivne
District
Radyvyliv
Settlement
Radyvyliv
Site address
6, Stetsenka Street.
GPS coordinates
50.135113, 25.264279
Perimeter length
585 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
A 2 metre tall concrete wall runs along the South-Western and North-Western sides of the cemetery.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The Jewish cemetery is located within the Holocaust memorial complex. As such, 2 sides of the cemetery are not fenced. The site is well-maintained; no specific maintenance is required.
Number of existing gravestones
150
Date of oldest tombstone
1855
Date of newest tombstone
1937
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
There is an ohel belonging to a Rabbi Yekutiel Itzhak Shawarz, for whom no date of death is listed. There is also a monument marking the burial spot of Rabbi Itzhak from Radyvyliv.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. The oldest tombstone’s date relates to the mid 19th century so it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged during that period. First it appears on Russian maps of 1880s and, later, on polish map of 1930s.
