KILIKIEV

v. KILIKIEV I:     US Commission No. UA22300101
v. Kilikiev is located in Khmelnitskaya. The town is at 50º0 26º_, 31 km from Slavuta. The cemetery is located at village center. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

• Local officials: village soviet, Tseymestruk Vladimir Fedorovich (03842) 55422 [Phone: (03842) 55434]. Slavuta rayispolkom, Rozdobut'ko Anatoliy Grigorievich (03842) 22431.
  
• Regional: Oblispolkom, Guseynikov Evgeniy Yakovlevich of (03822) 65025. Oblast Department of Culture, Slobodyanyuk Petr Yakovlevich of (03822) 65045.
  
• Slavuta Jewish community, Goshkos David Isaakovich (03842) 25452.
  

     The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 500. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1918-20 Civil War pogroms. The Jewish cemetery was established in 18 (?). The last known Hasidic burial was 1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site. 101 to 500 common tombstones, most in original location with between 50%-75% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from the 19th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Jewish individuals abroad fixed wall in 1992. Now, occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: uncontrolled access and pollution.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site in 06/1995. Interviewed was Fridman A.D., Kipervas M.I. of Slavuta on 06/1995. Oks completed survey on 06/26/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
v. KILIKIEV II:     US Commission No. UA22300501
The mass grave is located north 1500m from center, near highway to v. Poddubtsy. The town is located at 26º 50º0. v. Kilikiev is 31 km from Slavuta. The site contains marked mass graves. The unlandmarked Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. The mass grave has only common tombstones dating from 1988. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Occasionally, organized individual tours and local residents visit site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: vegetation. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution and vandalism.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] in 06/1995. Interviewed was Fridman A.D., Kipervas M.I. of Slavuta in 06/1995. Oks completed survey on 27/06/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.