KRINICHANKA

v. KRINICHANKA:     US Commission No. UA21100101
Alternate names: Vaysbrunnen 1925-46 (Yiddish). v. Krinichanka is located in Khersonskaya, 145 km from Kherson and 255 km from Odessa. The cemetery is located at southwest. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Chkalovo village soviet, Grinyuk Roman Grigorievich (05532) 36131.
-- Regional: Oblast Department of Culture - Tischenko Andrey Nikolaevich, Veliko-Aleksandrovka Regional Executive Committee, Belokon Vladimir Fedorovich [Phone: (05532) 21365]. Veliko-Aleksandrovka Regional Department of Culture - Tolstaya Tatyana Mikhaylovna.
-- Jewish Community of Kherson, Steyman Boris Zinovievich (05522) 64129.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1925. 1930 Jewish population (census) was 270. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1925 with last known Hasidic burial was 1940. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The rural (agricultural) flat land 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 no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of agriculture. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. The cemetery was destroyed in 1946. No threats.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St. 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] in 04/1995. Interviewed in 04/1995 was Mityaev N.I. of v. Chkalovo. Oks completed survey on 06/07/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.