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Cemetery in Žmerynka

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Cemetery in Žmerynka

The Zmerynka cemetery, once exclusively Catholic, is now also an Orthodox cemetery. Ukrainian tombstones stand between Polish ones. The cemetery has a visible layout of alleys and its area is fenced with a wall. The cemetery lies approximately 2.5 km to the south-east. The cemetery is located on a hill, lower down there are older tombstones, among them a few dated to the end of the 19th century, while the majority are from between the wars. There are also tombstones from the last decades of the 20th century. They do not represent a greater artistic value. One of the more frequently recurring forms is the trunk with a knotted cross.

Zbigniew Hauser listed 21 Polish inscriptions in 1996. There were certainly more Polish gravestones. Unfortunately, there are many monuments on which no inscriptions have survived. In addition, the sloping surface and frequent rains cause the tombstones to be washed away, topple over and deteriorate https://slowopolskie.org/cmentarz-polski-w-zmerynce/ . In 2017, the gravestones were inventoried by Jerzy Wójcik from the association "Kresowiacy" thanks to the support of the foundation "Aid to Poles in the East" and the Senate of the Republic of Poland https://pol.org.pl/2017/08/22/inwentaryzacja-podolskich-nekropolii/ .

Cemetery with Polish gravestones. Documentation (70 tombstone cards) was made for the cemetery and is stored in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Information about the cemetery published (see bibliography).

Bibliography:
  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • „Nekropolis. Projekt inwentaryzacji polskich cmentarzy na Podolu„”, katalog on-line, www.nekropolis.in.ua.
  • Hauser Zbigniew, „Podróże po cmentarzach Ukrainy”, t. IV, „Województwa: wołyńskie, podolskie, bracławskie i kijowskie”, Kraków 2009, s. 352-355.
Author:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, Alicja Czuber-Filonik
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