KOVSHEVATAYA

KOVSHEVATAYA: used the cemetery at Tarashcha (# 9300102)
KOVSHEVATAYA I:     US Commission No. UA09310101
Kovshevataya is 13 km from Tarashcha. The cemetery is located at northwest outskirt of the village. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

• Town officials: village Executive Soviet, 256615, Tarashchanskiy rayon, Kiyevskaya obl, Kovshevataya village, Lenina Street, N53, [Phone: (8-266) 37442].
  
• Collective farm 'Shevchenko', chairman Reka V.S., [Phone: (8-266) 53594].
  
• Others: Kiyev State Historical Archives.
  

     The earliest known Jewish community was 1744. 1926 Jewish population was 325. Effecting the Jewish Community were August 1920 pogroms by Petlyura and August 1941 aass execution of 46 persons by Fascists. The last known Jewish burial was in 1941. Luka village (4 km away) and Kislovka village (4 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The cemetery pulled down. The rural (agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII was 0.75 hectares. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The present owner of the cemetery property is collective farm ""Shevchenko"". The cemetery property now is as a field. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of agriculture. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures.
     Sokolova Eleonora Yevgeniyevna of 253152, Kiyev, Tichini Street. N5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 13/09/1996. Interviewed on 13/09/1996 were Zadorozhnaya Lidiya Andreyevna, Zhovtnevaya Street N3 [Phone: no] and Kachan Nina Timofeyevna, Lenina Street N24 [Phone: no] Documentation: Veytsblit I.I. Rukh yevreyskoyi lyudnosti na Ukrayine, published by 'Proletar' 1930; Jewish Encyclopedia published by Brokgauz'-Yefron', Leningrad; The History of Towns and Villages of Ukraine. Kiyevskaya Oblast'; Semyonov P. Geogaphic and Statistical Vocabulary of Russian Empire, 1865; The list of localities of Kiyev province', Kiyev, 1900; Statistic reference book of numbers of Jewish population Russia, 1918.
KOVSHEVATAYA II:     US Commission No. UA09310501
     The mass grave is located at southern outskirt of the village, to the left of Kabanova Hill. The last known Jewish burial was in August 1941. No people from other towns or villages were buried in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside 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. No wall or fence or gate surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location, date from the 20th century. No stones were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors, and local residents stop at site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities cleaned stones and cleared vegetation from 1980 regularly and 1991-new stages. The secondary school of Kovshevataya is regular volunteer caretaker. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion (seasonal) and vegetation (seasonal). Slight threat: pollution.
     Sokolova Eleonora Yevgeniyevna of 253152, Kiyev, Tichini Str. N5, apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 13/09/1996. Interviewed on 13/09/1996 was Vazhinskaya Valentina Yuriyevna of Kovshevataya' Secondary School [Phone: (8-266) 37441]. Documentation: Veytsblit I.I. Rukh Yevreyskoyi lyudnosti na Ukraine' published by 'Proletar', 1930; Jewish Encyclopedia published by Brokgauz-Yefron', Leningrad; The History of Cities and Villages of Ukraine published in Kiyev, 1971; Semyonov P., Geographical and Statistical Glossary of Russian Empire, 1865; The list of localities in Kiyev province, Kiyev, 1900; Statistical reference book of numbers of Jewish population in Russia, 1918.