MIKHAYLOVKA

MIKHAYLOVKA:     US Commission No. UA22350101
Alternate name: Michalpol (Yiddish), Michaylovka (German), Michelyolia (Hungarian), Mikhailovka (Russian) and Mikhalpol (Ukraine). Mikhaylovka is located in Khmelnitskaya at 48º48 26º47, 82 km from Chernovtsy and 16 km from Kamenets-Podolskiy. The cemetery is located at near oil factory. Present town population is under 1,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet, Marliy Aleksandr Romanovich of Lenina St. [Phone: (03849) 24333]. Surnik Mikhail Vasilievich, Chief of collective farm of Lenina St.
-- Regional: Oblispolkom, Guseynikov Evgeniy Yakovlevich of (03822) 65025.
-- Khmelnitskiy Jewish Community, Zeleniy Mikhail, Kamenetskaya St. 47, Apt. 8 (03822) 63047. Others: Kamenets-Podolskiy Archive.
The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1000. Effecting Jewish community was 1648-49 Khmelnitskiy's pogrom. Living in Jewish community were Rabbi Volko Spetar, Gabay Lurer Kreyrman (1849) and Treasurer Grish Gidelman (1849). No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked Hasidic cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing other public property, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 101 to 500 common tombstones, most in original location with 50% - 75% stones toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The property is used for Jewish cemetery and agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem disturbing both graves and stones. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access. Serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: pollution and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, existing and proposed nearby development.
Shwartz Yuliya Nikolaevna of Kiev, Buchmy St. 5/1, Apt. 8 [Phone: (044) 5503228] visited site on 7/21/95. Interviewed on 7/21/95 were Moroz Olga Ivanovna of Lenina St. 48 [Phone: (03849) 24326] and Bubela Anna Semenovna of Kolhoznaya St. 28 on 7/21/95 and Benediktov of Lenina St. Shwartz completed survey on 07/22/1995. Documentation: Central & Eastern Europe ; The Road from Letichev , Devid A. Chapin, Ben Weinstock.