OLSHANA: Cherkasy oblast [Ol'shana, Vil'shana, Olszana, Vil'shany]

Alternate names: Ol'shana [Rus], Vil'shana [Ukr], Olszana [Pol], Vil'shany.  49°13' N, 31°13' E, 15 miles NE of Zvenigorodka, 16 miles NW of Shpola. 1900 Jewish population: 1,233.

• JewishGen Ukraine SIG
• Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), VII, pp. 496-497: "Olszana".
• Shtetl Finder (1980), p. 112: "Vilshana, Olshana".
• Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 935: "Olshana".

Vilshana Jewish Cemetery - This cemetery, where the last burial took place in 1939, requires full identification and demarcation. [Mar 2015]