Obj. ID: 48169
Jewish Funerary Art  Site of the Old Jewish cemetery in Kriukiv, Ukraine

According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the cemetery already existed in the mid 19th century, as it is marked on the Russian map of 1860s and probably on the city plan of 1875.  On both maps the Jewish cemetery is marked on the eastern side of the railway, while the detailed map of 1939 shows the cemetery on the western side, as it is located by ESJF surveyors.  An elder part of this cemetery could have been situated on the opposite, eastern side of the railway.  Also it is possible that the railway route was changed between 1870s and 1930s. The cemetery was demolished in the 1960s. The cemetery site is now occupied by private houses, blocks of flats, and industrial buildings. No tombstones preserved.

There is memorial close to the cemetery site dedicated to the former cemetery and the students of a Rabbi Nachman from Bratslav buried therein (not named). The memorial was installed by the "ohalei tzadikim — gader avot" organisation.