KONOTOP

KONOTOP I: 245780, US Commission No. UA18020101
Konotop 245780 is located in Sumskaya at 51º14 33º12, 129 km from Sumy and 208 km from Kiev. Present town population is over 100,000 with 101-1,000 Jews. See KONOTOP III for contacts.
     The earliest known Jewish community was begining 19 [sic]. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 5763. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1941 with last known Hasidic burial 1994. Popovka (15 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all. "Other"surrounds the cemetery with is non-locking gate. 501 to 5000 stones, all in original location with no surviving stones toppled, broken, or removed, date from 1940. The cemetery has special sections for men and women. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for "other." Adjacent properties are "other." The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Frequently, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1950-1994. The regular caretaker is "other." Within the limits of the cemetery are other structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, vegetation and vandalism.
     Sokolova Eleonora Evgenievna of 253152, Kiev, Tycini Prospect 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 8/30/94. Interviewed was Ayzenshtadt Grigoriy Izrailevich of Generala Hohlova Street 92, apt. 96 [Phone: (05447) 43672] on 8/30/94. Other documentation exsits but inaccessible.
KONOTOP II: 245780, US Commission No. UA18020102
     The last known Hasidic burial was 1941. v. Bakhmach (35 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. No stones are visible. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for "other." Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of other. There has been cleaned stones and cleared vegetation. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures.
     Sokolova Eleonora Evgenievna of 253152, Kiev, Tycini Prospect 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 8/30/94. Interviewed on 8/30/94 were Ayzenshtadt Grigoriy Izrailevich of Generala Tkhora, 92, apt.96 [Phone: (05447) 43672] and Levin Yakov Haymovich - Pervomayskaya street 41, apt. 12 [Phone: (05447) 31709]. Other documentation exsits but inaccessible.
KONOTOP III: 245780, US Commission No. UA18020501

• Town officials: Town Soviet, Mira pr, 8, Vasilenko Grigory Nikolaevich (0547) 43141. Society of Monument Preservation, Marchenko Lyudmila Gavrilovna, Mira Prospect 8. Agranovskiy Robert Semenovich, member of Society 'Leybn' - Mira Prospect 12 or 38, apt. 39.
  
• KEY HOLDER: Society 'Leybn', Mira Prospect 38 of Ayzenshtadt Grigoriy Izraelevich.
  
• Others: Society of Monument Preservation, Mira Prospect 8. Marchenko Lyudmila Vladimiro - (0547) 42546 State Archive, Beloded Ekaterina Vasilievna (0547) 42521. Sumy Oblast State Archive, Sadovaya, 14 - Zaika Larisa Vladimirovna [Phone: (0542) 25486].
  

     The earliest known Jewish community was begining 19 [sic]. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 5763. Effecting Jewish Community was 27-29 Apr. 1881 pogroms. The unlandmarked Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated urban crown of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing public property, access is open with permission. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. Stones date from the 20th century. The mass grave has only common tombstones. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are "other." Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop at site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Now there is other (soldater). Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion.
     Sokolova Eleonora Evgenevna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Prospect 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 12/3/94. Interviewed on 12/3/94 were Aizenshtadt Grigoriy Izraelevich [Phone: (05447) 43672] and Agranovskiy Robert Semenovich of Mira Prospect 12, apt. 39 [Phone: (05447) 45733]. Other documentation exsits but inaccessible.