Site information:
The locations reached by volunteers are examples of historic and unique relics of material culture preserved in historic Moldova. Cemeteries with Polish tombstones.

Completed work:

2019
The project was carried out 3-14 August 2019 in three towns in Moldova: Styrcza, Soroki and Berezovka (Brzozovka) and three towns in the Transnistrian Republic of Moldova: Svoboda Rashkovo, Jahorlik and Brosteni. The following tasks were carried out:

clearing the area of greenery (grasses, shrubs, self-sown trees, etc. and others);

inventory (measurement) of the cemetery: tombstones, tree stand, fencing;

cleaning tombstones (preliminary), plumbing, placing fallen ones, securing found fragments on the spot in order to use them in the next works (valuable due to their representations - inscriptions, sculpture fragments, etc.);

documentation: photographic, descriptive (state of preservation, causes of deterioration, conclusions for the development of conservation work programmes).

2021
The project involved carrying out inventory and cleaning works as well as conservation prevention at cemeteries in Rashkov and Jahorlik in the separatist Transnistria (Moldova).

As part of the project, the area of the cemeteries was cleared of greenery and rubbish; the cemetery plan data was corrected. An inventory of the tombstones and regarding the state of preservation of the fence in Rashkov was also carried out, and a measurement inventory of the exposed tombstones and fence in Jahorlik was made. One of the gravestones in Raszków was subjected to conservative conservation and fragments of gravestones found on site were secured for use in subsequent stages of the work. Photographic and descriptive documentation of the progress of the project was made.

Funding: Polonica Institute programme "Polish cultural heritage abroad - volunteering".

More about the project: https://polonika.pl/programy/programy-grantowe/programy-grantowe-instytutu/297324032

https://polonika.pl/programy/programy-grantowe/programy-grantowe-instytutu/prace-inwentaryzacyjno-porzadkowe-i-profilaktyka

• Fundacja „Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie”, realizacja w roku 2019 i 2021.