KRYUKOV

KRYUKOV I:     US Commission No. UA16150103
Alternate names: Krukovsky Posad (Polish) and Krukovskoye (Ukraine). Kryukov is located in Poltavskaya. The cemetery is located at northeast part of v. Krukov on Respublikanskaya Street, "Museum M." Present town population is over 100,000 with 101-1,000 Jews.
-- Town officials: Chairman of the Kremenchugsky town Executive Committee- Belan L.N. Chairman of the Krukovsky Executive Committee- Kovalenko Andrey Vladimirovich [Phone: (071) 62124] Kondra Valentin Maksimovich [Phone: (071) 62190]. Town Archive. Oktyabr'skaya St. 27, Director Shably L.N. Registration of Acts of Civil Condition, Pervomayskaya St. 5 [Phone: (071) 33160] Ponomar Aleksandr Mikhaylovich [Phone: (071) 20352].
-- Regional: Kremenchug, Poltavskaya Oblast, Pobedy Sq. 2 [Phone: (071) 20048]. Poltavsky Regional Executive Committee.
-- Jewish Society 'Lehaim', Chairman-Petrovetskyy A.G. [Phone: (071) 36141].
-- Caretaker: Matsenko Larisa Aleksandrovna of Revolutsionerov St. 2 [Phone: (071) 64600].
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1923. The Jewish population (census) 1923 was 1319. Living here was Poet Shlenskyy. The last known Habbad Hasidic burial was 1994. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban hillside, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing Municipal Cemetery, access is open to all. A continuous fence with non-locking gate surrounds site. 501 to 5000 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1949. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, with iron decorations or lettering, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish portion of municipal cemetery. Adjacent properties are residential and Music High School. The cemetery boundaries is larger now than 1939. Frequently, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents visit. This cemetery has not been vandalized. . Local/municipal authorities and Jewish groups within country did re-erection of stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and existing nearby development.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/19/95. Interviewed on 4/19/95 was Stolshteyn Leonid Nosovich of K.Libknehta St. 99, apt. 2, v. Kryukovo [Phone: (071) 61310]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KRYUKOV II:     US Commission No. UA16150104
     The cemetery is located at NNW part of village, Verkhnedneprovskaya Street. The last known Habbad Hasidic burial was 1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road and crossing railway, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 common tombstones, none in original location with more than 75% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1912. 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 railway. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, Jews or non-Jews visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals within country did re-erection of stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism (tombstones destroyed). Moderate threat: weather erosion, pollution and existing nearby development.
     Interviewed on 4/18/95 were Stolshteyn L.N. of K. Libknehta St. 99, apt. 2, v. Kryukov [Phone: (071) 61310] and Kondra V.M. of v. Krukov, Krukovsky region [Phone: (071) 62190]. Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street, 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 04/18/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.