LIPOVENKOE: US Commission No. UA.10260501.
The mass gravesite is located in the village center, 60 km from Uman and 190 km from Kirovograd in Kirovogradskaya Oblast. Present town population is 1000-5000 with no Jews.
- Town officials: Chairman of the Village Soviet is Palamarchuk Dmitrii Uliyanovich, tel.: (05252) 2-24-31, Lipovenkoe, Village Soviet. Local officials: Chairman of Regional State Administration Cheberyak Vasilii Romanovich, Golovanevsk, Lenin St., 95, tel.: (05252) 2-11-32. Director of Regional Country Historical Museum is Derkhach M.P., Golovanevsk, Suvorov St., RDK, tel.: (05252) 2-12-30.
- Regional officials: Chairman of District State Administration Gromovoi Mikhail Filippovich, Kirovograd, Kirov square, tel.: (0522) 24-03-20, 24-13-25.
- Chairman of Kirovograd Jewish community Elbert Leonid Solomonovich, Kirovograd, 50 let Oktyabrya St., 25, fl.33, tel.: (0522) 23-22-83.
The mass gravesite is unlocked without caretaker. The earliest mention about Jewish community in the town is end of 19th century. In 1791, Podolskaya guberniya entered the "settlement line". 1905 and 1918 were Jewish struggles [sic]; 1941-1943 Holocaust. The unlandmarked mass grave date is unknown. The last known Orthodox Jewish burial was in the 1950s. The urban plain, part of the non-sectarian municipal cemetery, has sign or plaque in Ukrainian "To fascism victims telling about Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off the road that crosses the village, access is open to all. No wall, gate, or fence surrounds. Current size is 3 square meters. 1-20 1950s gravestones are in original location with no broken or over turned tombstones. Gravestones are made of concrete and inscribed in Ukrainian. Some separate markers are dedicated to Holocaust victims. There are marked mass graves. Present owner of the site is municipality. The property is used as a non-sectarian cemetery with mainly Jewish graves. The site borders a residential area. Occasionally, organized groups and local citizens visit. The site never was vandalized. Local municipal authorities did re-erection of stones, cleaned stones, cleaning of the vegetation in the 50s. Now, authorities sometimes clean. No structures. Moderate threat: vandalism and incompatible proposed construction. Slight threat: safety, pollution and possible construction.
Uriy Isaakovich Khodorkovskiy, Kiev, Vozdukhoflotskiy Prospect St., 37a, fl.23, tel.: (044) 276- 95-05 completed the survey 26 February 1997. Documentation: History of Towns and Villages of Ukrainian SSR. Collection of documents and materials: nepropetrovsk, 1965. He visited the site on 7 November 1996 and interviewed director of regional historical-country museum Derkhach M.P., Golovanevsk, Pionerskaya St., 19, tel.: (05252).