NORINSK

v. NORINSK:     US Commission No. UA05470101
Alternate name: Norinsk (Yiddish), Norzinsk (German) and Narinsk (Hungarian). v. Norinsk is located in Zhitomirskaya at 51º16 28º36 , 20 km from Ovruch and 163 km from Kiev. The cemetery is located at Zaliznichna Street, "Kopyscha". Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Council of Gaychuk Nikolay Ivanovich [Phone: (071)71192]. Village Council of Gaychuk Nikolay Ivanovich [Phone: (071)71192].
-- Ovruch Jewish Community-Ryabicheva Klara Naumovna [Phone: (041483)1874]. Tovkach Evdokiya Zakharovna of Norinsk, Zagreblya Street.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1721. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 326. Effecting Jewish Community was 1918-1919 pogrom. The last known Hasidic burial was 1967. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing private property, access is open to all. A broken fence with no gate surrounds. 21 to 100 common tombstones, all in original location with between 50%-75% toppled or broken, date from 1856. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery had been vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing stones. Very serious threat: vegetation. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion and proposed nearby development.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street, 107, apt. 42. [Phone: (04141)54259] visited site on 26/07/1995. Interviewed was Tovkach Evdokiya Zaharovna of Norinsk, Zagreblya Street, on 26/07/1995. Kogan completed survey on 29/09/1995. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopedia.