NOVO-VORONTSOVKA

NOVO-VORONTSOVKA:     US Commission No. UA21040501
Alternate name: Nova Voronysivka (Ukraine). Novo-Vorontsovka is located in Khersonskaya at 48º0 31º0, 165 km from Kherson and 225 km from Nikolayev. The mass grave is located at West, Stepovaya Street. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Town Executive Council of Major-Gavard Nikolay Nikolayevich [Phone: (05533)21043].
-- Regional:: Regional Executive Council-Kovalenko Aleksandr Ivanovich [Phone: (05533)21335]. Kherson Oblast Executive Council-Chuprina Vladimir Grigoriyevich [Phone: (05522)25290].
     The earliest known Jewish community was mid-19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 300. Effecting Jewish Community were 1918-1920 pogroms, 1920. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. Jews from no other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns mass burial property. Properties adjacent are residential. Rarely, local residents visit site. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vandalism, and existing nearby and/or proposed development. Moderate threat: pollution. Slight threat: weather erosion and vegetation.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited site on 10/12/94. Interviewed was Zhat'ko V.A., Matyash N.I. of Nova-Vorontsovka on /12/1994. Oks completed survey on 02/18/1995.

NOVO-VORONTZOVKA:     US Commission No. UA21040101
Alternate name: Nikolayevka (Ukraine). Novo-Vorontzovka is located in Khersonskaya at 46º_ 34º_, 165 km from Kherson, 225 km from Nikolayev and 180 km from Dnepropetrovsk. The cemetery is located at Urengoskaya Street South. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet Chairman Garvord Nikolay Nikolayevich [Phone: (05533)21043]. Region Dept. of Culture in Novo-Vorontzovka - Matviyenko Valentina Ivanovna [Phone: (05533)21053].
-- Regional: Region Executive Committee of Novo-Vorontzovka Chairman Kovalenko Aleksandr Ivanovich [Phone: (05533)21235]. Region Executive Committee, Chupryna Vladimir G. [Phone: (05522)25290].
-- Others: Krayevedchesky Museum in Novo-Vorontzovka - Klochanyuk Valentina Dmitriyevna [Phone: (05533)22137]
-- Jewish Community of Kherson. Steyman B.Z. [Phone: (05522)64129].
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1860. 1941 Jewish population (census) was 400. Effecting Jewish Community were 1918-1921-Pogroms, 1930-Elimination of Jewish Organizations and Nov.19, 1941-Mass shutting. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1860 with last known Hasidic burial 1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban 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. No stones are visible. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of agriculture. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was 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 graves. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation, vandalism (Bones are sticking out.), existing nearby development (Private construction works are on-going.) and proposed nearby development. Moderate threat: weather erosion and pollution.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited site on 12/4/94. Interviewed on 12/4/94 were Komarovskyy, Matyash N.I., and Zhat'ko V.A. of Novo-Vorontzovka. Oks completed survey on 12/04/1994.