MOSTOVOYE

MOSTOVOYE:     US Commission No. UA14030101
Alternate name: Mostovoi (Polish). Mostovoye is located in Nikolaevskaya at 47º25 31º_, 120 km from Nikolaev and 107 km from Odessa. The cemetery is located at road to Veselinovo. Present town population is 1,000 - 5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: Dolmanev rayispolkom, Andriyanov Nikolay Fedorovich - (05152) 91515. Mostov Village Soviet Gedulyan Ekaterina Petrovna - (05152) 94119.
-- Regional: Nikolaev oblispolkom, Kenih Anatoliy Kirilovich - (0512) 374243.
-- Nikolaev Jewish Community, Goldenberg (0512) 355172. (0512) 358310.
The earliest known Jewish community was middle 19 [sic]. 1940 Jewish population (census) was 200. The last known Hasidic burial was 1993. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. Between fields and woods, the isolated suburban, agricultural 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. 101 to 500 stones, all in original location with less than 25% stones toppled or broken, from 1895 to 20th century. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, other metallic elements, portraits on stones and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial and agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and occasionally in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country did re-erection of stones, patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1945-1948. Now, occasionally individuals clean or clear. 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. Serious threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Moderate threat: weather erosion and pollution. Slight threat: vandalism and existing nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St 17d, Apt. 52 visited site and completed survey [Phone: (0482) 665950] on 10/18/94. Interviewed were Golubenko R.G. on 10/18/94.