KHOROL

KHOROL I:     US Commission No. UA16140101
Alternate names: Choral (Yiddish) and Chorol (German). Khorol is located in Poltavskaya at 49º47 33º17, 163 km from Konotop and 111 km from Poltava. The cemetery is located at west part of the town, Lenina Street. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Chairman of the Executive committee-Beznosik Aleksandr Sergeevich of 315910, Khorol, Poltavsky region, YK. Marksa Street37. Gavrilenko Nikolay Ivanovich of Shevchenko Street 33a.
-- Regional: Regional Executive Committee of Poltava. Regional State Archive, 314011, Poltava, Pushkinskaya 18/24 - Kukoba E.I. Regional State Archive. K. Marksa str 62 - Dzyuba Valentina Vladimirovna. Museum of Khorol, Lenina Street. 98/4 - Director-Stompel A.P.
-- Caretaker: Kostyukov Nikolay Pavlovich of Lenina str. 114, apt. 8.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 2081. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1905 pogroms, 1918-1919 Denikensky and Petlurovsky pogroms and Oct. 23, 1941-Holocaust. Living here was Rabbi Abracham Mandlyyevsky. The unlandmarked Jewish cemetery was established in 1935 with last known Jewish burial in 1995. 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. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 101 to 500 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1940. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site as part of the Municipal cemetery. Adjacent properties are commercial-industrial and agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of other. Occasionally, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents stop. This cemetery has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1945. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: vegetation. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vandalism, and existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/12/95. Interviewed on 4/12/95were Klushkovskaya N.N. of Radyanskaya Street14 and Doctorova Iraida F. of Suvorova Street21 [Phone: (05362) 91146]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KHOROL II:     US Commission No. UA16140102
     The cemetery is located at south, Lermontovskaya Street. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Habbad Hasidic burial in 1935. Belotserkovka (45 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site. After Wold War II, all tombstones were removed so only one common tombstone remains. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing), industrial or commercial use and residential. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development, commercial-industrial development and agriculture. The cemetery is visited rarely by local residents. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Jewish groups within country cleaned stones and cleared vegetation. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are private buildings. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: vandalism and existing nearby development. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion and pollution.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/13/95. Interviewed 22 on 4/13/95 were Korniyenko Nadezhda of Ukrainskaya St. and Glushkovskaya Nina of Radyanskaya str.14. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KHOROL III:     US Commission No. UA16140501
     The unlandmarked mass grave, located at northwest part of the town, was dug in 1941. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated rural (agricultural) crown of a hill has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road and crossing other public property (Kolhoz "Ukraine"), access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from 1975. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces and/or iron decorations or lettering. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Occasionally, organized individual tours, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors, and local residents stop at site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. ocal/municipal authorities did re-erection of stones in 1975. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the mass grave is a seasonal problem. Serious threat: weather erosion. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vegetation. Slight threat: vandalism.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/13/95. Interviewed on 4/13/95were Doctorova I.F. of Suvorova Street 21 [Phone: (05362) 91146] and Shtempel A.P. of Lenina Street 98/4 [Phone: (05362) 92474]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.