LESTCHIN | Ukraine | International Jewish Cemetery Project

LESTCHIN I: US Commission No. UA05230101
Lestchin is located in Zhitomirskaya. The cemetery is located at southeast. Lestchin is 20 km from Zhitomir. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

Town officials: Village Soviet, Taturevich Mikhail Stepanovich of 290124.
Regional: Zhitomir Obispolkom.
Town officials: Zhitomir iudeyskaya religioznaya obshina Zhitomir obshestvo evreyskoy kultury.

     The earliest known Jewish community was 1847. 1847 Jewish population (census) was 572. The last known Hasidic burial was 1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside has no sign or marker. Access is open to all with no wall, fence or gate. No stones, known mass graves or structures exist. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem preventing access. Municipality owns the property now used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely do local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance now. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
          Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42 [Phone (04141) 54259] visited and completed survey on 11/02/1994. Interviewed on 11/02/1994 were Kovshinets Stepan Maksimovich of Kotovskogo 52 and Polonets Antonina Antonovna of Kotovskogo 17.
LESTCHIN II: US Commission No. UA05230102
See Lestchin I for town information. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by Kotovskogo Street, access is open to all with no wall, fence or gate. No stones, known mass graves, or structures exist. The municipality and private individual(s) own site used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Rarely do local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance now. Moderate threat: vandalism and existing nearby development. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution and proposed nearby development. No threat: vegetation.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42 [Phone (04141) 54259] visited and completed survey on 11/02/1994. Interviewed on 11/02/1994 were Kovshinets Stepan Maksimovich of Kotovskogo Street 52 and Bilichenko Olesya Ostapovna of Kotovskogo 47.