Video: «Satanovsky Necropolis — One of the Oldest Jewish Necropolises in Ukraine» — Report by Ukrainian TV Channel

"The Sataniv Jewish cemetery operated for almost 500 years. The ancient core of the cemetery is the burial of the 15th, 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. It numbers about one thousand tombstones. This period marks the flourishing of the carving art of the Jewish people."

In the Horodok district of the Khmelnytsky region of Ukraine, ancient cemeteries are being studied. This is done within the framework of the "Graves of Ancestors" project in cooperation with the public organization "Ukraine Incognita." Fourteen Ukrainian, Polish, and Jewish cemeteries have already been studied. The Jewish ones are the best preserved.

What the texts, ornaments, embossed images, and inscriptions on the matzevot tell about was explained by the head of the department of culture, religions, and tourism of the Horodok City Council, Oleh Fedorov, in a report by "Suspilne".

This is the old part of the Sataniv Jewish cemetery. Burials here date back to the 16th – early 19th century. "This is one of the most beautiful tombstones of the Sataniv necropolis. It is not the oldest, it is from 1800. Here lies Sarah, the daughter of Rabbi Meir from Lviv," said researcher and local historian Dmytro…

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