Verkhniy Rohachyk Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Kherson
District
Verkhnerogachik
Settlement
Verkhniy Rohachyk
Site address
The cemetery is located at the south west of the village. From No.16 Chkalov Street drive southwest for 130m, then turn right and drive along the dirt road for 255m. Turn right and then drive for 300m, the cemetery will be on the left, marked by a hump 80m from the path.
GPS coordinates
47.24557, 34.31552
Perimeter length
256 мetres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
The cemetery is not fenced; in some places a moat is visible.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is covered with dense seasonal vegetation. According to locals, the gravestones were dismantled for construction use.
Five gravestones have survived, one of them with inscriptions in Hebrew.
Number of existing gravestones
There are 5 gravestones. Only one stone has an inscription in Hebrew.
Date of oldest tombstone
1866 (the only readable).
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. Given that the oldest preserved tombstone dates to the mid 19th century, it can be gathered the cemetery was founded in that era. It cannot be found marked on old maps of the region.
Verkhniy Rohachyk (Ukr. Верхній Рогачик, Rus. Верхний Рогачик) had a Jewish population of 629 in 1910. The Jewish community maintained a prayer house and a cemetery. According to the 2001 census, there were no Jews in Verkhniy Rohachyk and the neighbouring areas.
It is not known when the cemetery was founded. The only identifiable date on a gravestone is 1866. According to local residents, most of the gravestones were used for construction.
