MIZYAKOV

v. MIZYAKOV:     US Commission No. UA01330501
Alternate name: Misiankov (Yiddish), Misjakow (Polish) and Mizikov (others). v. Mizyakov is located in Vinnitskaya at 49º24 28º22, 25 km from Kalinovka and 26 km from Vinnitsa. The mass grave is located in the woods SW, 1500m from village council hall. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Kalinovka Region Executive Committee, Chairman Kugay Ivan Zakharovich.
-- Regional: officials: Kalinivka Regional Dept. of Culture - Demidas Vasiliy Ivanovich. Vinnitsa Oblast Executive committee, Chairman Melnik Nikolay Evtikhovich. Town officials: Vinnitsa Oblast Dept. of Culture - Ilchuk Nikolay Nikolayevich.
-- Vinnitsa Oblast Jewish Community, Gubenko Bella Aronovna (0433) 351666.
The earliest known Jewish community was end 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 250. Effecting the Jewish Community were liquidation of Jewish kahal at end 1920 and 1941 Holocaust shooting of 24 Jews. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The agricultural and wooded suburban site has signs or plaques in local language mentioning "other." Reached through field, a continuous fence surrounds. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. Common tombstones date from 1941. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural and forest. Rarely, local residents visit. The mass grave has been vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Occasionally, authorities clean or clear. Within the limits of site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: vegetation (Land is overgrown with trees). Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion and existing nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Ukraine, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited in 07/1994 and again 08/1993 when he completed survey. Interviewed were Palamarchuk V.S. of Mizjakov in 07/1994 and Zelyazinskiy K.S. of Mizjakov in 07/1994. Documentation: Vinnitsa Oblast State Archive Fond P-4422, op. 1, d. 13; Fond P- 136, 15, d. 37, 48. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.