Zvenyhorodka Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Cherkasy
District
Zvenyhorodka
Settlement
Zvenyhorodka
Site address
The cemetery is located in the southern part of Zvenyhorodka, on the northeastern bank of the Hnylyi Tikych River. From the southern end of Enhel’sa Street, continue South through the fields for 130 metres to reach the cemetery.
GPS coordinates
49.05559, 30.96218
Perimeter length
786 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
Type of the fence
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery. The cemetery's older section is located in the woods. Some of the older tombstones are partially sunken in the ground. The postwar section of the cemetery is somewhat overgrown with bushes, but the newest section is clear and well-maintained.
Number of existing gravestones
500
Date of oldest tombstone
1803
Date of newest tombstone
2014
Urgency of erecting a fence
Medium
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
There is a one-storey building on the site, most likely a beit-tahara.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It first appears on Russian maps of the region from the 1860s and, later, a map from 1941. The oldest preserved matzeva is dated to the early 19th century. As such, it can be assumed the cemetery already existed in that era.
