OREHOV

OREHOV I:     US Commission No. UA07040102
Orehov is located in Zaporozhskaya, 60km from Zaporoje. The cemetery is located at Rabochiy per. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with 11-100 Jews.

• Local officials: Orehov gorispolkom.
  

     The earliest known Jewish community was 1802. The last known Jewish burial was 1990. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked Hasidic cemetery with signs in other languages. Reached by crossing other public property and other, access is open with permission. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with more than 75% toppled or broken, date from 1962. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The property is used for industrial or commercial use. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of commercial-industrial development. The cemetery is visited rarely. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, vandalism, and existing nearby and proposed development.
     Shevelev Mark Petrovich of 330000,Zaporoje,Tsentralniy Blvd. 25, Apt.54 [Phone: (0612)396982] visited site on 8/18/94. Interviewed were Evseev Nikolay Antonovich on 8/18/94 and Tyutyunnikov Aleksandr Mihaylovich on 8/18/94 and Koretskiy Iosif Lvovich on 8/18/94. Shevelev completed survey on 08/27/1994.
OREHOV II:     US Commission No. UA07040101
     The cemetery is located at Lenkursantov St. Orehov is 60km from Zaporoje. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked Hasidic cemetery. The urban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. There is a locking gate. The approximate size of cemetery is now 2.00 hectares. Stones date in the 20th century. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns property used for "other." Properties adjacent are residential and park. Frequently, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents. There has been cleared vegetation and fixing of gate. The regular caretaker is paid by the government. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. No threats.
     Shevelev Mark Petrovich of 330000,Zaporoje,Tsentralniy Blvd. 25, Apt.54 [Phone: (0612)396982] visited site on 8/18/94. Interviewed was Ivanets Ivan Vasilievich of 332700, Orehov, Gogolya St. 12,apt. 2. Shevelev completed survey on 08/27/1994.