NIZHNEV

NIZHNEV:     US Commission No. UA08130101
Nizhnev is located in Ivano-Frankovskaya. The cemetery is located at S, near Ortodox cemetery. Nizhnev Alternate name: Nizhnov (German), Nizhniow (Hungarian) and Nizhniv (Ukraine). The town is location at 48.57 º25.6 . Nizhnev is 94 km from Chernovtsy and 21 km from Tlumach. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town officials: Village Executive Council of Micyuga Nikolay Mikhaylovich [Phone: 32742].
Regional: Regional State Administration Chairman Sviridov Igor Anatoliyevich [Phone: (03479)22440].
Regional: Oblast State Administration of Skripnichuk Vasiliy Mikhaylovich [Phone: (03422)25280]. Town officials: Jewish Community of Kolesnik Victor Pavlovich. Others: Main Architect of Tlumach region of Vodoslavskiy Vasiliy Nikitovich [Phone: 21654].
     The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 451. In 1867, Jews received all rights of Austro-Hungary. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Jewish burial 1940. Jewish community was Hasidic. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside has no sign or marker. The access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. 1 to 20 stones, more than 75% toppled or broken, date from 1930. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has only common tombstones. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality and "other" own property used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development and agriculture. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years or occasionally in the last 10 years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Serious threat: vandalism (The high percent of destroyed graves may be lead to cemetery destruction). Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, and existing nearby and/or proposed development.
     Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37a, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044)2769505] visited site on 4/6/96. Interviewed was Kolesnik V.P. [Phone: (03422)23029] on 30/05/1996. Hodorkovskiy completed survey on 07/08/1996. Documentation: main plan of village.