MYKOLAIV: US Commission No. UA13370101
Alternative name: German: Mikolaiv Polish: Mikolajow. It is located in Lvovskaya Oblast at 49º46' 24º20', 23.5 km from Lvov. The cemetery is located N downtown, in a lowland behind the concrete dugout. Present town population is less than 1000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet Chairman Radai Vasil Iosipovich. Village Soviet is in center, near the nation house.
-- Regional officials: Lvov Regional State Administration, Lvov, Vinnichenko St. 18, reception room, tel.: 722947, 728093. Lvov Center State Historical Archives (CSHA), Lvov, Sobornaya square, 3a, tel.: 723508.
-- Lvov Jewish Community, Lvov, Mikhnovskih St. 4, tel.: 330524, Rabbi Mordekhai Shloime Bold.
The unlockedc emetery has no caretaker. The earliest date of mention about Jewish community is 18th century. 1935Jewish population was 295. The cemetery dates from second half of the 19th centurywith last known Orthodox Hasidic burial before June 1941. Gorodislavichy (4, 5 km away) and Glukhovichy (8 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban hilltop has no sign or marker. Reached by entering the village from Lvov, walking left to the cross and following the ravine line 800m, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the cemetery. The approximate size of the cemetery before the World War II and now is 0.31 hectares. There are no visible gravestones. Location of any removed stones is unknown. Some of the gravestones are part of the roads to Podbereztsy or structures. There are no separate monuments or mass graves. Municipality owns property used as Jewish cemetery, agriculture, and cattle grazing. The cemetery borders agricultural area. The cemetery boundaries are the same as in 1939. Rarely do local citizens visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and between 1945 and 1981. No restoration, care or structures. Serious threat: vandalism. During World War II, a defence line ran through the cemetery. Craters from explosions are visible. Paved roads to Podbereztsy were made in post-war period. Moderate threat: erosion, pollution. Slight threat: safety, vegetation overgrowth, incompatible planned or proposed development.
Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 completed survey on 28.10.1998. Documentation: CSHA, Fond 186, inventory 4, page 4, page 17 ; Catechism of Lvov Archdiocese Greek Orthodox Church , 1935-1936, p. 72; Slownik Geog. Krol. Pol ., T.6, St. 402, Warsz., 1885 (in Polish). Gelston visited site 28.10.1998. Maria Pavlishin, who lives in the house 78 nearest to the Jewish cemetery, was interviewed.
Additional information: According to old citizens in the village, there was one rabbi and one Tzadak, a synagogue and a prayer house. Before the World War II, Tzadak and his Hasidim moved from Mykolaiv. Part of cemetery wall was stone and another part metal scale [sic]. The entrance to the cemetery is a figured gate.
[UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [March 2016]