Alternate names: Kagarlyk-Кагарлык [Rus], Kaharlyk - Кагарлик [Ukr], Kahorlik [Pol], Kagorlyk. 49°51' N, 30°50' E, 43 miles SSE of Kyyiv. 1900 Jewish population: 1,414.
Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), III, pp. 667-669: "Kahorlik"
.Jewish Community information. [September 2009]
Jewish Community of Kagarlyk
Kagarlyk, Ukraine
Tel.: (380 4473) 5-40-33
CEMETERY:
To reach the site, go about 2 km from the center of Kaharlyk on ul. Kommunisticheskaya, then north to ul. Pervomayskaya. Behind the crushing-and-screening plant , go west for 500m, then 500m south. The cemetery is situated in the bushes behind the oil depot. photos. Site was cleared of vegetation and fenced. [May 2010]
Kaharlyk Mass Grave - An unknown number of Jews were killed here in September 1941. The memorial does not mention the Jewish victims. [Mar 2015]
US Commission No. UA09090101
Alternate names: Kahorlik (Polish), Karlik (Russian) and Kaharlyk (others). Kagarlyk is located in Kievskaya at 30.50 49.51, 69 km from Kiev. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
Local officials are unknown.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1847. 1897 Jewish population (census) was 1414. Effecting the Jewish Community was 1919 pogroms. The last known Hasidic burial was 1991. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated and wooded crown of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by "other," access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1957. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The present owner of the property used for Jewish cemetery only is unknown. Adjacent properties are agricultural and other. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Serious threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and vandalism.
Tsyauk Vladimir Trofimovich of Kiev, Kvitneviy per. 12, Apt. 95 [Phone: (044) 4176555] visited site and completed survey on 7/23/94. Interviews are not listed.