MATIYKOV

v. MATIYKOV:     US Commission No. UA01400501
v. Matiykov is located in Vinnitskaya, 15 km from Bar and 80 km from Vinnitsa. The mass grave is located at N of the village in a field. Present town population is 1,000 - 5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: Bar Region Executive Committee, Chairman Kotlush Anatoliy Ivanovich. Bar Regional Dept. of Culture of Sokolovskiy Stepan Ivanovich.
-- Regional: Vinnitsa Oblast Executive committee, Chairman Melnik Nikolay Evtikhovich. Vinnitsa Oblast Dept. of Culture - Ilchuk Nikolay Nikolayevich.
-- Others: Vinnitsa Oblast Dept. of Jewish Culture - Gubenko Bella Aronovna.
The Jewish population (census) 1939 was 50. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Jewish burial 1942. Bessarabia (100 km away) Jews were murdered here. The isolated suburban 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. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely, local residents visit. The mass grave has been vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, existing and proposed nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Ukraine, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited in 07/1995. Interviewed were Tashis M.L. of v. Matiykov in 07/1994. Oks completed survey on 03/08/1995. Documentation: Odessa State Oblast Archive Fond P-2255, on. 1, dyelo 1178, 1180, 1363, 1364, 1365. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.