Alternate names: Obukhov and Обухов [Rus], Obukhiv and Обухів [Ukr], Obuchów [Pol], Obukhow, Obuchiv. 50°06' N, 30°38' E, 24 miles SSE of Kyyiv. 1900 Jewish population: 1,140.
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 924: "Obukhow".
- Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), VII, pp. 356-358: "Obuchów".
- JewishGen Ukraine SIG
US Commission No. UA09240101
- Alternate names: Obukhov. The town is located at 50° 6 30° 38, 45km from Kiev. The cemetery is located at NW outskirts of the town at new buildings on Lukavitsa St. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
- Town officials: Town Executive Soviet, Chairman Noga Aleksej Aleksejevich, 255400, Obukhov, Radjanskaja St., N7 [Phone: 5-15-30]. Rayon Executive Soviet (Rayispolkom), Malishko St., N10. Chairman Korpenko Mikhail Vasilijevich, [Phone: 5-14-44].
- Regional: Kiev Regional State Archive.
- The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1926 Jewish population was 100. Effecting Jewish Community were 1648-1658 Khmelnitski pogroms, 10.09.1996 pogroms without executions, and 1919 pogroms by Zeljonij and Denikin. No other towns or villages used this Conservative unlandmarked cemetery.
- The isolated suburban crown of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing private property, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the cemetery. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII was 10.25 hectares. No stones are visible. Stones removed were incorporated into roads or Structures. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for housing. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized prior to World War II. Jewish Community of Obukhov cleaned stones, cleared vegetation and fixed gate in 1928. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Cemetery was destroyed. Since 1992, there are buildings on the cemetery site. The land was ploughed in 1929. No threats.
- Sokolova Eleonora Yevgeniyevna of 253152, Kiev, Tichini St. N5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044)5505681] visited site on 29/08/1996. Interviewed on 29/08/1996 were Domatenko Jurij Kornejevich of Obukhov, Kievskaja St., N14 [Phone: 5-36-33], Samojlichenko Jlja Avramovich of Obukhov, Telmana St., N6 [Phone: 5-14-13], and Zhivago Pjotr Jakovlevich of Obukhov, Shevchenko St., N55 [Phone: 5-50-39]. Sokolova completed survey on 29/08/1996. Documentation: Veytsblit I.I. 'Movement of Jewish People in Ukraine', published by 'Proletar', 1930; Jewish Encyclopedia published by Brokgauz- Yefron', Leningrad. The History of Towns and Villages of Ukraine, Kievskaja oblast, Kiev, 1971. Semyonov P., Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of Russian Empire, 1865; The list of populated areas in Kievskaja Province'. Statistical reference-book of numbers of Jewish population in Russia', 1918. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.