OVIDIOPOL: US Commission No. UA15210101
Alternate name: Ovidiopol (German), Hadzhider (Hungarian), Adzhider (Czech) and Hadgi-Dere (Turky) (others). Ovidiopol is located in Odesskaya at 46°16 30° 26, 38 km from Odessa. The cemetery is located to the North. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
- Town officials: Ovidiopol, mayor-Gomenyuk Valentina Mikhaylovna (04851)31809.
- Regional: Odessa Regional Dept. of Culture - Rud Nikolay Vasilievich. Odessa Oblast Dept. of Culture - Borodavko Roman Isaakovich and Podderskaya Tatyana Anatolievna [Phone: (0482)283837].
- Interested: Museum, Ovidiopol, Barinova Izida Feofanovna (0482)31207.
- Odessa Jewish Community, Milshteyn Feliks Ilich (0482)247296.
The earliest known Jewish community was mid-19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 700. Effecting the Jewish Community was 1918-1920 pogroms. The Jewish cemetery was established in 70-th. The last known Jewish burial was 1940. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked Hasidic cemetery. The suburban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by city steet, access is open to all. A broken fence with non-locking gate surrounds the cemetery. No stones are visible. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for "other." Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Very serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion and pollution. Slight threat: existing nearby development. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Steet 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited site on 1/15/95. Interviewed on 1/15/95 were Kudryavtsev V.V. and Bsrinova I. F. of Ovidiopol. Oks completed survey on 02/07/1995.
