NIKOLAYEVKA-NOVOROSSIYSKA I: US Commission No. UA15340101
Alternate name: Bairamcea (German), Bajramtscna (Hungarian), Beiramich (Russian) and Beiramtch (Ukraine). Nikolayevka-Novorossiyska is located in Odesskaya at 46º8 29º54, 117 km from Izmail, 22 km from Sarata, 43 km from Belgorod Dnestrovskiy and 75 km from Odessa. The cemetery is located at S. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet of Bogush Petr Kuzmich [Phone: (04848)42131].
-- Regional: Sarata Regional Dept. of Culture-Antonova Valentina Nikolaevna. Odessa Oblast Dept. of Culture-Borodavko Roman Isaakovich [Phone: (0482)220415 and Podderskaya Tatyana Anatolievna [Phone: (0482)283837]. Sarata Region Executive Committee, Chairman Kotelevskiy Ivan Ivanovich [Phone: (04848)21545]. Tsurkan Anatoliy Nikolaevich (04848)21441.
-- Odessa Jewish Community-Chechelnitskiy Shimon and Milshteyn Feliks Ilich.
The earliest known Jewish community was middle 19 [sic]. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 806. Effecting Jewish Community was 1918 [sic]. The Hasidic cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Jewish burial 1949. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. 101 to 500 stones, most in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1880. Location of any removed stones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of paint on their surfaces and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and occasionally in the last 10 years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing both graves and stones. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Moderate threat: pollution. Slight threat: weather erosion, existing nearby and/or proposed development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17d, apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited on 3/3/95. Interviewed was Churkan A.N. of Sarata on 3/3/95. Oks completed survey on 03/03/1995.
NIKOLAYEVKA-NOVOROSSIYSKA II: US Commission No. UA15340501
The mass grave is located at W, Near the road to v. Krivaya Balka. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. Jews from no other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The suburban flat land with no sign or marker is reached by turning directly off a public road. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns mass burial property. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Occasionally, local residents visit. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II and occasionally in the last 10 years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Water drainage at mass grave is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access and pollution. Moderate threat: vegetation, vandalism, and existing nearby and/or proposed development. Slight threat: weather erosion.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17d, apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited site on 3/3/95. Interviewed was Churkan A.N. of Sarata on 3/3/95. Oks completed survey on 03/03/1995.