Elizabethgrad
Kherson Gubernia
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Elisabethgrad, cerca 1905-1910
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Elisabethgrad, in Kherson gubernia is an old city on the Inhul
River. It was founded as a fortress in 1754, and became an agricultural
trade center. It was named for Empress Elizabeth, who ruled Russia
from 1741 to 1752. She was much loved, for not executing anyone during
her reign. However, between 1881
and 1919, it was the scene of several pogroms. The city was renamed Zinovievsk
in 1924, Kirovo in 1936, and Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) in 1939.
Personal Stories and Memoirs
"Twelve Tribes from Kirovograd", by Arlene Gorewitz
Boumel
"Even
then, I was distrustful about the validity of that letter... until
I opened the photographs that she had attached, to find my great-grandparents
staring back at me from my computer screen. I sat for many
moments in stunned silence. It was an indescribable feeling."
You can read the rest of Arlene's story here.
Elisabethgrad Postcards
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"Elisavetgrad Choral Synagogue", before WWI
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Same Synagogue, today
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Kirovograd Synagogue (Choral Synagogue), currently.
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Public high school in Elisabethgrad, cerca 1906.
From the collection of Ms. Sydney
Herbert.
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Girls' School in Elisabethgrad, cerca 1905.
From the collection of Ms. Sydney Herbert.
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Images of Elisabethgrad, cerca 1900.
From the collection of Ms. Sydney Herbert.
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Winter in Elisabethgrad, at the turn of the 20th Century.
From the collection of Ms. Sydney Herbert.
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Records of Yelisavetgrad in the United States
The records of Incorporation of Jewish groups in the United States
(and South Africa, Argentina, and Eretz Israel) that maintained a connection
to a particular town in the Ukraine may still exist. Ray Cannata identified
eight organizations with ties to Yelisavetgrad in New York City's records
of Incorporations. He transcribed all of the names of the founding officers,
witnesses, and even the notaries and legal counsel. Click here to go
to the Elisavetgrad Incorporations.
YIVO has the First Yelisavetgrader Benevolent
Association manuscript collection (call number RG 1635). The
collection includes: Meeting notices, dues correspondence, benefits
and payments, general correspondence, membership lists, grave reservations,
illnesses, doctor's notes, monuments-stones, membership ledger (removed),
A-1. Membership ledger J-Z. Cemetery maps, minutes and financial reports
(Yiddish and English), 1966-1976, Cash Book (1959-1969), Cash Book
1953-1958, Stamp (Cemetery), Seal, Cemetery Maps (oversized).
Posting by Ray Cannata.
