Kelmentsi
Dnister district, Chernivtsi region
Kelmentsi (Kelmeneshti; Ukr. Кельменці), urban-type settlement (since 1960), district center in the Chernivtsi region. In the 19th - early 20th centuries - the village, volost (subdistrict) center of Khotyn district of Bessarabia province of Russian Empire, in 1918 - 1940 as part of the Kingdom of Romania, in 1940 - 91 - as part of the Ukrainian SSR.
According to folk legend, the owner of the tavern named Kelman (Kalman is a common Jewish name) was the first to settled on the territory of the modern village. Subsequently, several houses appeared near the tavern. From this name came the name of the village.
In 1930, 318 Jews lived in Kelmentsi.
The first Jews in Kelmentsi were immigrants from Moldova.
From the beginning of the 19th century in Kelmentsi there were a Jewish prayer house, a Jewish charitable society, a Jewish cemetery.
In 1911, Jews owned the only grocery, haberdashery and bread shops.
After the occupation by German-Romanian troops in the summer of 1941, Jews of Kelmentsi were deported to Transnistria, where most of them died.
After 1945, the surviving Jews of Kelmentsi moved to Kamenetz-Podolsky.
According to folk legend, the owner of the tavern named Kelman (Kalman is a common Jewish name) was the first to settled on the territory of the modern village. Subsequently, several houses appeared near the tavern. From this name came the name of the village.
In 1930, 318 Jews lived in Kelmentsi.
The first Jews in Kelmentsi were immigrants from Moldova.
From the beginning of the 19th century in Kelmentsi there were a Jewish prayer house, a Jewish charitable society, a Jewish cemetery.
In 1911, Jews owned the only grocery, haberdashery and bread shops.
After the occupation by German-Romanian troops in the summer of 1941, Jews of Kelmentsi were deported to Transnistria, where most of them died.
After 1945, the surviving Jews of Kelmentsi moved to Kamenetz-Podolsky.
Sources:
- Russian Jewish encyclopedia. Translated from Russian by Eugene Snaider
- Volost's and most important settlements of European Russia. Edition VIII. Provinces of the Novorossiysk group. St. Petersburg, 1886
- Russian Jewish encyclopedia. Translated from Russian by Eugene Snaider
- Volost's and most important settlements of European Russia. Edition VIII. Provinces of the Novorossiysk group. St. Petersburg, 1886
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