Alternate names: Kobeiaki (Yiddish), Kobeliaki (German) and Kobielaki (Slov). Kobelyaki is located in Poltavskaya at 49º09 34º12, 101 km from Dnepropetrovsk and 75 km from Poltava. The cemetery is located at north on Krashoarmeyskaya Street near "Perspektiva" factory. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
- Town officials: Chairman of the town Soviet-Popruga Boris Savel'yevich of 315250, Kobel'yaki Poltavsky region, Lenina Street 17.
- Regional: Regional State Archive, 314011, Poltava, Pushkinskaya Street 18/24 - Kukoba E.I. (05343) 734-39-Gavrilyuk Ol'ga Vladimirovna, Shevchenko Street 27/15. Krasnoarmeyskaya Street - Golub Aleksey Grigor'yevich. Region Krayevedchesky Museum of Poltava. 314011, Poltava, Lenina Street 2 - Belous Galina Petrovna. Kobelyansky krayevedchesky and Art Museum, Lenina Street. 1 [Phone: (05343) 91887].
The earliest known Jewish community was 19th century. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 1400. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1905 pogroms and 1918, 1919, 1921-1922 Denikensky, Petlurovsky, and Machnovsky pogroms. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Hasidic burial in 1959. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 21 to 100 stones, few in original location with more than 75% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1899 to 20th century. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, Jews or non-Jews visit. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country did re-erection of stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1959. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: vandalism and existing nearby development. Serious threat: uncontrolled access. Moderate threat: weather erosion, pollution and vegetation.
Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site on 4/23/95 and completed survey on 04/24/1995. Interviewed were Sagalchik Elizaveta E. of Ognya Str. 16/2, apt.3 [Phone: (05343) 91484] on 4/23/95. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KOBELYAKI II: US Commission No. UA16110501
The mass grave is located at east, 1.5 km from the bridge through r. Vorksla. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The unlandmarked, isolated suburban flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from 1985. Some tombstones have iron decorations or lettering. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents visit. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities erected stones in 1985. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the mass grave is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and vandalism.
Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/23/95. Interviewed on 4/23/95 were Sagalchik Elizaveta E. of Ognya str.16/2, apt.3 [Phone: (05343) 91484] and Kulik A.I. of 1st Maya Street. 6 [Phone: (05343) 91887] visited site. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
[UPDATE] Photos of Kobelyaki Jewish Cemetery
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