KOMIATI: US Commission No. UA06380101
Alternate names: Komiat (Yiddish) and Velikie Komiati (Hungarian). Komiati is located in Zakarpatskaya at 48º0 23º_, 45 km from Mukachevo. The cemetery is located at village center. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
- Regional: Vinogradovsky Regional Executive Council - Chairman Shkopitko [Phone: (03143) 22408]. Vinogradovsky Regional Department of Culture - Goliba Ivan Andreevich [Phone: (03143) 22774]. Zakarpatsky Oblast Executive Council - Chairman Ustich Sergey Ivanovich [Phone: (03122) 33051]. Town officials: Zakarpatsky Oblast Department of Culture - Chairman Gavorets Vasiliy Stepanovich [Phone: (03122) 35373].
- Caretaker with key: Borisyuk Mikhail who lives near the cemetery.
- Others: Vinogradov Jewish Community - Rozner Nikolay Izidovich [Phone: (03122)23446].
The earliest known Jewish community was mid-19 [sic]. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 160. Effecting the Jewish Community was 1918 Zakarpat'ye transfer to Czeeh. The last known Hasidic burial was 1943. 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 with permission. A continuous fence with gate that locks surrounds site. 101 to 500 common tombstones, most in original location with between 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Jewish individuals abroad patched broken stones, cleaned stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed wall in 1946 and 1988. Jewish survivors and visitors pay the regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and vandalism.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited in Jul 1995. Interviewed in 07/1995 was Rozner N.I. of Vonogradov. Oks completed survey on 05/08/1995. Documentation:
Short Jewish Encyclopaedia, Jerusalem, 1982;
Encyclopaedia Ukrainoznavstva, t. 1-2, Kiev, 1993. Other documentation exsits but inaccessible.
