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Cemetery Identification
Cemetery ID: KAZ-03720
Cemetery Name: Independent Benevolent Society
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Cemetery Location
Country: Kazakhstan
City: Semey  
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Cemetery Details
Number of Burials: 360
Number of Photographs: 0
Cemetery Description: Semey, Kazakhastan was formerly known as Semipalatinsk in Russian. This list is based on the registration books of the dead and buried in the Jewish cemetery of Semipalatinsk. The original is kept by the AL Mindlin, a resident of Semipalatinsk. This list is an appendix to the book by Nina Krutova ""Jews in the land of East Kazakhstan"" Nina Krutova is an archivist at the Museum of Ust Kamengorsk, Kazakhstan and donated these records. Photographs of some of the monuments can be seen in articles written by Nina Krutova about the Jewish cemetery in Semey (Semipalatinsk) here: http://berkovich-zametki.com/2007/Starina/Nomer3/Krutova1.htm http://berkovich-zametki.com/2007/Starina/Nomer6/Krutova1.htm.
Data last updated: 12/11/2011

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