Back in the late 1930s, Jews accounted for over 70% of the city's population. Two cemeteries have survived here.

The remains of an old Jewish cemetery are located in the city center between the Kolbasnaya River and Mayakovskogo Street. No more than 20 gravestones remained from the cemetery. Some of them are in poor condition. According to researchers, some of the graves date back to the 18th century. They have floral designs and Hebrew epitaphs. On the territory of the cemetery, two tzaddik graves have been preserved.

The new Jewish cemetery is considered active. The Kolbasnaya River separates it from the city. The necropolis covers an area of ​​about 1.2 hectares. According to some data, from 8 to 10 thousand matzevot have been preserved here in different states. Researchers disagree on the dating of early burials. They are believed to date back to the middle of the 19th century.

Part of the new Jewish cemetery is cataloged. There are more than 730 burials in the electronic catalog. 11 of these remain unidentified. On three of them dates and anthroponomical data are partially preserved. You can read "Manya", "Irakhmiel Mendeleevich" and "Shindel Moiseevna" (buried in 1973).

The earliest graves in the electronic catalog of the new Jewish cemetery date from the 1940s. They are in a family grave of four. Three of them are named Vinnik. Two - have the same initials "I.P.", only the dates of life and death differ. One Vinnik I.P. written 1913-1941 - this is the earliest burial in the catalog. Another Vinnik I.P. was born in 1925 and buried in 1945. The third person with the surname Vinnik in the grave has the initials "G.B." and the dates 1884-1969. The fourth in this burial is Rossin E.S. (1941-1973).

Most of the gravestones of the Soviet period contain only dates and full or partial anthroponymic data. More information can only be found on individual tombstones. For example, the grave of Mugerman Doni Borisovna (1941-1971) attracts attention. The tombstone is completely covered with text in Russian. In addition to anthroponymic data and dates, there is an epitaph here: “Sleep well, our dear. The memory of you will live forever in the hearts of your husband and children always who grieve and remember you. "

The catalog contains three more burials with the surname Mugerman: Boris Dov B. (1989-1971), Dvory Naftalevna (only the date of burial is indicated - 1961) and Mani Iosifovna (1895-1975). They also bear epitaphs in Hebrew.

One of the most recent burials of the New Cemetery dates back to the 21st century. This is the grave of Mikhail Isakovich Erichman, buried in 2013.