ALTERNATE NAMES: KUTY [UKR - КУТИ, POL, RUS], KITEV AND קיטעוו [YID], KUTTEN [GER], CUTURI [ROM], KITOV, KUTEV, KUTOW, KUTTY, KUTY NAD CZEREMOSZEM. 48°15' N, 25°11' E, SEVERAL PLACES ARE NAMED 'KUTY'. THIS ONE IS 21 MILES SSE OF KOLOMYYA, 35 MILES W OF CHERNIVTSI (TSCHERNOWITZ) ON THE GALICIA-BUKOVINA BORDER on the Cheremosh river in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. one of the historical centERs and the namesake of a historical region ofPokuttya. 2001 Population: 4,272 . Jewish population: 3,137 (in 1900), 2,900 (in 1931) .
- Wikipedia. [Nov 2013]
- Kitever yisker-bukh
(New York, 1958). Kitever memorial book [Nov 2013] - Kitov 'iri: Bene Kuty mesaprim et sipur ha-'ir
(Tel Aviv, 1993) - Pinkas ha-kehilot; entsiklopediya shel ha-yishuvim le-min hivasdam ve-ad le-aher shoat milhemet ha-olam ha-sheniya: Poland vol. 2: Eastern Galicia
(Jerusalem, 1980)
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 694-695: "Kuty".
- Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland, Vol. 2 (1980), pp. 460-463: "Kuty".
- Shtetl Finder (1989), p. 36: "Kitev, Kutev".
- Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), V, p. 6: "Kuty" #1.
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Galicia SIG
- Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
- Czernowitz Bukovina [Mar 2014]
- Jewish Bukovina [Mar 2014]
US Commission No. UA08030101
Alternate names: Kutow (Yiddish), Kitev (Polish), Kitov (Russian) and Kutev, (Ukraine). Kuty is located in Ivano-Frankovskaya at 25÷11 48÷16, 12 km from Kosov, 52 km from Kolomiya, 112 km from Ivano-Frankovsk and 56 km from Chernovtsi. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with no Jews.
-- Local officials: Kosovskiy rayispolkom.
-- Regional: Ivano-Frankovskiy oblispolkom.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1448. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 2605. Living here was Besht mid-18 [sic]. 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, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall with no gate surrounds site. 501 to 5000 stones with more than 75% toppled or broken, date from 1810 to 20th century. Removed stones were incorporated into roads or structures. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of agriculture. Frequently, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last ten years. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing and stones. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, pollution, vegetation, vandalism, and existing nearby development and proposed nearby development. Moderate threat: weather erosion.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited and completed survey on 21/08/1994. Interviewed were local non-Jewish residents. Documentation: Stuphicki P.N. Galiciya pod wzqledem topografizno- geografizno-historieznum. Lwow, 1848.
[UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [March 2016]