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    • 17/05/2022

      Ghetto in Pinsk

      The Nazis entered Pinsk at the beginning of July 1941. Before the war, 22,149 Jews lived here. Only a part of them were evacuated by the time of the German occupation. Refugees who moved from other settlements lived in the city. Already in August, the invaders shot many people. Under the exterminati

    • 10/05/2022

      Jewish cemetery in Brest, Belarus

      Jews settled in Brest from the 14th century. The city had a Jewish cemetery, which turned out to be overcrowded by the 19th century. In 1795 the city came under the control of the Russian Empire. On the site of the old city and the Jewish cemetery, the imperial authorities decided to build a fortres

    • 02/05/2022

      Jewish cemetery in Grodno, Belarus

      Jews settled on the territory of Grodno since the 12th century. The first Jewish cemeteries are mentioned in the privilege of Prince Vytautas of the 14th century. By the 20th century there were three Jewish cemeteries in the city: Old, New and Zanemanskoye. The old one along Bolshaya Troitskaya S

    • 19/04/2022

      Jews in Brest, Belarus

      Brest is a regional center in Belarus. It was founded in the 11th century. During the XIV - XVI centuries - was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From 1569 to 1795, 1920-1939 - under Polish jurisdiction. Since 1795 - under the rule of the Russian Empire. In the 20s of the XIII century, the Pr

    • 19/04/2022

      Jewish cemetery in Rakov, Belarus

      The Jewish community in Rakov has existed since the 1620s. By the end of the 19th century, Jews made up 60% of the population in the village. According to the information located on the plate of the cemetery gates, the cemetery was founded in 1648. According to sources, the first burial was made

    • 11/04/2022

      Jews in Grodno, Belarus

      Grodno is the center of the region of the same name in Belarus. The city was founded in the XI century. From the 13th to the 16th centuries, it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from the 16th to the 18th centuries - the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. From the end of the XVIII century - unde

    • 06/04/2022

      Ghetto in Grodno, Belarus

      In the late 1930s, Jews made up more than 50% of Grodno's population. With the beginning of the Soviet-German war, part of the Jews tried to leave the city. However, the Nazis took Grodno under control already on June 23, 1941, caught up with those who fled, and forced them to return. The occupat

    • 10/03/2022

      Ghetto in Rakov, Belarus

      In September 1939, after the partition of Poland between Nazi Germany and the USSR, Rakov came under Soviet jurisdiction and received the status of an urban settlement. More than 900 Jews lived in it. The Nazis captured Rakov on June 26, 1941. In the first days of the occupation, the local police

    • 28/02/2022

      Ghetto in Brest, Belarus

      According to the 1939 census, more than 26 thousand Jews lived in Brest, who accounted for 50.9% of the townspeople. After the capture of Poland by German and Soviet troops, the city was controlled by the Nazis from 15 to 22 September 1939, who sent an unspecified number of local Jews for forced lab

    • 28/02/2022

      Jews in Borisov, Belarus

      Borisov is the center of the district of the same name in the Minsk region. It is located 70 kilometers from the Belarusian capital. The settlement was founded in the XII century. From the 13th century it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After 1596 - under the jurisdiction of the Polish–Lit

    • 21/02/2022

      Jews in Rakov, Belarus

      The settlement was founded in the XIV century. Until 1793 - as part of Poland. From 1793 to 1921 - the Russian Empire. From 1921 to 1939 - under the jurisdiction of Poland. Since 1939 it has been part of Belarus. The Jewish community of Rakov is mentioned in documents in 1623 in connection with a

    • 21/02/2022

      Ghetto in Borisov, Belarus

      According to the 1939 census, 10 thousand Jews lived in Borisov, who accounted for 20% of the local population. With the outbreak of hostilities, the Jewish population of the city was replenished by refugees from the western regions of the republic. There was no organized evacuation by the author

    • 14/02/2022

      Jewish cemetery in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

      Bukharian Jews settled in Dushanbe from the second half of the 19th century. By the beginning of the 20th century, there was already a Jewish cemetery on the territory of the settlement. After the Bolsheviks established control over Tajikistan, the Jewish community of Dushanbe was replenished with A

    • 14/02/2022

      Jewish cemeteries in Moscow, Russia

      Jews have lived in Moscow since the end of the 17th century. The Jewish population lived mainly in the German and Meshchanskaya slobodas. It is not known for certain about the burial places of Jews before the 18th century. In the 1770s, after a plague epidemic, the authorities created the Dorogom

    • 07/02/2022

      Kurenevskoye cemetery, Kyiv, Ukraine

      Kurenevskoye cemetery is one of the oldest urban necropolises in Kyiv with an area of ​​12.5 hectares. Founded in the middle of the 19th century. It got its name from the village of Kurenyovka, on the territory of which the churchyard was located. Officially closed in the mid 1950s. In 2005, the

    • 30/01/2022

      Jews in Almaty, Kazakhstan

      Almaty is the regional center of Kazakhstan. Until 1997 - the capital of the republic. The city was founded in 1867 on the site of the military fortress Verniy. From 1921 to 1991 it was called Alma-Ata. Ashkenazi Jews have settled in the city since its foundation. The first settlers were retired

    • 30/01/2022

      Lukyanovskoe cemetery, Kyiv, Ukraine

      Jewish cemetery, the territory of which was located in the area between the modern Yuriy Ilyenko Street and the Repyakhov Yar tract. It existed from 1894 to 1937. According to the report of the trust "Kyivmiskbud No. 1" dated September 1961, which carried out the arrangement of the territory on t

    • 25/01/2022

      Jews in Moscow, Russia

      Moscow was founded in the XII century. From the 16th to the 18th centuries - the capital of the Moscow state. The first mention of Jews dates back to the 15th century. Jews appeared in the city as visiting merchants and doctors. Preserved information about the execution in 1490 of the Jewish doctor

    • 25/01/2022

      Jewish cemetery in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

      Jews have settled in Rostov-on-Don since the 19th century. By the end of the century, they made up 10% of the urban population. There were several Jewish graveyards in the city: Old cemetery Founded in the first third of the 19th century. Researchers wrote that the earliest burials in the

    • 18/01/2022

      Berkovetskoe cemetery, Kyiv, Ukraine

      The Berkovetskoe cemetery got its name from the Berkovets farm, which became part of Kyiv in the 1920s. The cemetery was established in 1957 and operated until 1986. The main entrance is located on Stetsenko Street. After the official closure, related subburials are allowed. Berkovetskoe cemetery