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Alternate names: Кодра and Kodra [Rus and Ukrainian]. 50°36' N 29°34' E, 43.3 miles WNW of Kyyiv.

CEMETERY: The cemetery is located at the entrance to the village on Kovpaka Street to the left of the road. photo. [May 2010]

US Commission No. UA09100101
Alternate name: Kodra (Polish). Kodra is located in Kievskaya at 50º36 29º33. Present town population is under 1,000 with fewer than 10 Jews. Officials: Unknown.
Effecting Jewish Community was 1919 Pogrom. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked Hasidic cemetery. The isolated forest has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public 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 marked mass graves. The present owner of the cemetery property is none. The cemetery property now is "other." No one visits. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Very serious threat: vegetation.
Tsyauk Vladimir Trofimovich of Kiev, Kvitneviy per. 12, Apt. 95 [Phone: (044) 4176555] visited site and completed survey on 7/8/94. Interviewed were local residents. Documentation: Slownik Geografizni, Warszawa,1880.