Sarny Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Rivne
District
Sarny
Settlement
Sarny
Site address
5, Yaroslava Mudroho Street.
GPS coordinates
51.33251, 26.58645
Perimeter length
455 metres
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
The site is now occupied by "Mriya" stadium. There are some fragments resembling matzevot piled in the grove on its western side. Part of the site is now used as a garbage dump.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved. The tombstone with Polish inscription was also found - most probably, from the Catholic cemetery, which was located adjacent to the Jewish one and was also demolished.
Date of oldest tombstone
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. But since it appears on a Russian map from the 1880s and a Polish map from the 1910s it can be assumed that the cemetery already existed during that period. The cemetery was also mentioned in Yizkor memorial book of Sarny issued in 1961 and marked on its map. According to locals, the cemetery was demolished in the late Soviet period.
