Obj. ID: 45105
Jewish Funerary Art Jewish section on the first municipal cemetery in Cherkasy, Ukraine
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the Jewish section on the 1st Municipal Cemetery was established in 1962. According to Lo Tishkakh database, the oldest burial dates to 1967, but the ESJF survey team were able to find tombstones from the early 20th century, which were most likely transferred over from the older cemetery.
The cemetery as a whole is surrounded by a concrete wall, in which there are some gaps. There is no separate fence for the Jewish section. There are about 500 gravestones. It appears some of the tombstones were transferred here from an older Jewish cemetery. Moreover, there are multiple cenotaphs. Some Christian graves are located in the Jewish section and vice versa. The mixed nature of the cemetery makes it difficult to determine the exact number of Jewish graves.
sub-set tree:
| 2, Odeska Street. On the corner of Odeska Street and Rustavi Street