Rzhavyntsi

Chernivtsi district, Chernivtsi region

Jewish cemetery in Rzhavyntsi, 2019
Jewish cemetery in Rzhavyntsi, 2019
Rzhavyntsi (Ukr. Ржавинці), known since 1441. Since 1812 in 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.

In 1897, 369 Jews lived in Rzhavyntsi (17%),
In 1910 - 66 Jews.

There was a Jewish prayer house, which mentioned in 1861 and 1886.

In 1885, a furniture factory in Rzhavyntsi belonged to a Jew.

After the occupation by the Romanian troops in Rzhavyntsi in July 1941, 9 Jews were killed.
Sources:
- Volost's and most important settlements of European Russia. Edition VIII. Provinces of the Novorossiysk group. St. Petersburg, 1886
- Russian Jewish encyclopedia

Photo:
- European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. Rzhavyntsi Jewish Cemetery

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