KOZUBOVKA: US Commission No. UA14190501
Alternate names: Moldavka (Russian). Kozubovka is located in Nikolaevskaya, 200 km from Odessa and 15 km from Domanevka. The mass grave is located at south part of village. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
- Town officials: Kozubovka Village Executive Council of Chairman -Girina Nadezhda Andreevna.
- Local officials: Regional Executive Council - Chairman-Andriyanov Nikolay Fedorovich [Phone: (05151) 91515]. Oblast Departmentof culture - Chairman Laskutnikov Vitaliy Sergeevich [Phone: (0512) 350140].
- Regional Department of Culture - Chairman-Dovga Olga Panteleevna [Phone: (05152) 91262].
- Others: Nikolaev Jewish Society - Goldenberg Mikhail Davidovich [Phone: (0512) 375132].
The earliest known Jewish community was 1794, Odessa. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 153242. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1881 pogrom, 1905 pogrom and 1941-42 Holocaust. Living here were V. Zhabotinskiy and H.N.Byalik. The unlandmarked Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic burial 1942.Odessa (200 km away) Jews were murdered here also. The isolated urban 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 the mass grave. No stones are visible or were removed. The site has unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing) and mass burial site. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Local residents visit rarely. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, vandalism and existing nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] on Apr 1995. Interviewed was Ostapenko M.K. of Zeleniy Gay on Apr 1995. Oks completed survey on 17/04/1995.
