1922 Borshchagovka Pogrom Report
Jewish Social Committee to
Help the Survivors of Pogroms
Archive: DAKO/R-3050/1/452
(Hebrew and Yiddish translations by Nathen Gabriel)
[Note per Nathen Gabriel, July 2024: These are Soviet documents. The Soviet Union recognized Yiddish as the ethnic language of the Jewish ethnicity. Hebrew being the religious (and Zionist) language of the Jews was forbidden. There are many Hebrew words in Yiddish. In Soviet Yiddish these words were written as if they were Yiddish. They could not use the Hebrew spelling of these words.]
Report:
Jewish Social Committee ("IDGEZKOM" Yiddish acronym)
Material on the pogroms in the Jewish language
Started January 6, 1922
Ended December 10, 1922
Page 25 of 171
Jewish Social Committee ("IDGEZKOM" Yiddish acronym) to Help the Survivors of Pogroms
The Kiev Rayon Commission
Pogrom Card
Shtetl: Borshchagovka
Uyezd: Skvira
Guberniya: Kiev
When did the pogrom start? June, 1919
How long did the pogrom last? Approximately 8 days
Who was responsible for the pogrom? Local bandits under the leadership of the Bandit "Antoshka"
Did the local population participate in the pogrom? They actively participated in robbing Jewish property and killing
Number killed: 12
Number wounded: 18
Number raped: Estimated at 25
What put an end to the pogrom? Soviet forces were getting closer to the shtetl
How did the local authorities react to the pogrom? There were no authorities in the town
Who is the source of the information? A local resident
Registrar: P (or F) Mayarchuk
Page 26 of 171
Jewish Social Committee ("IDGEZKOM" Yiddish acronym) to Help the Survivors of Pogroms
The Kiev Rayon Commission
Pogrom Card
Shtetl: Borshchagovka
Uyezd: Skvira
Guberniya: Kiev
When did the pogrom start? July, 1919
How long did the pogrom last? Approximately 10 days
Who was responsible for the pogrom? The Sokolov Band (Petliurists)
Did the local population participate in the pogrom? They took an active part in robbing and killing
Number killed 25
Number wounded 50
Number raped 50
What put an end to the pogrom? The pogrom ended when they left the town to join a pogrom in the neighboring shtetl of Dzyunkov
How did the local authorities react to the pogrom? There were no authorities in the town
Who is the source of the information? A local resident
Registrar: P (or F) Mayarchuk
Page 27 of 171
Jewish Social Committee ("IDGEZKOM" Yiddish acronym) to Help the Survivors of Pogroms
The Kiev Rayon Commission
Pogrom Card
Shtetl: Borshchagovka
Uyezd: Skvira
Guberniya: Kiev
When did the pogrom start? July, 1919
How long did the pogrom last? 1 day
Who was responsible for the pogrom? The Shcherbaniuk Band (Petliurists)
Did the local population participate in the pogrom? They took an active part in robbing and killing
Number killed: 43
Number wounded: 60
Number raped: 75
What put an end to the pogrom? The Band left the town to continue their march
How did the local authorities react to the pogrom? There were no authorities in the town
Who is the source of the information? A local resident
Registrar: P (or F) Mayarchuk
Page 28 of 171
Jewish Social Committee ("IDGEZKOM" Yiddish acronym) to Help the Survivors of Pogroms
The Kiev Rayon Commission
Pogrom Card
Shtetl: Borshchagovka
Uyezd: Skvira
Guberniya: Kiev
When did the pogrom start? August, 1919
How long did the pogrom last? 3 days
Who was responsible for the pogrom? Sokolov's and Mezhinsky's Bands (Petliurists)
Did the local population participate in the pogrom? They took an active part in robbing and killing
Number killed: 300
Number wounded: 600
Number raped: As many as 500
What put an end to the pogrom? The Band left the town to continue their march
How did the local authorities react to the pogrom? There were no authorities in the town
Who is the source of the information? A local resident
Registrar: P (or F) Mayarchuk
Page 29 of 171
Jewish Social Committee ("IDGEZKOM" Yiddish acronym) to Help the Survivors of Pogroms
The Kiev Rayon Commission
Pogrom Card
Shtetl: Borshchagovka
Uyezd: Skvira
Guberniya: Kiev
When did the pogrom start? September, 1919
How long did the pogrom last? 8 days
Who was responsible for the pogrom? Sokolov's and Mezhinsky's Bands (Petliurists)
Did the local population participate in the pogrom? They took an active part
Number killed: 100
Number wounded: 60
Number raped: 120
What put an end to the pogrom? The entire Jewish population emptied out and the shtetl was burned
How did the local authorities react to the pogrom? There were no authorities in the town
Who is the source of the information? A local resident
Registrar: P (or F) Mayarchuk
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Jewish Social Committee ("IDGEZKOM" Yiddish acronym) to Help the Survivors of Pogroms
The Kiev Rayon Commission
Pogrom Card
Shtetl: Borshchagovka
Uyezd: Skvira
Guberniya: Kiev
A. Total population at the beginning of 1918: 6,000
B. Total population now: 6,000(?)
A. Number of Jews at the beginning of 1918: 3,000
B. Number of Jews before the first pogrom: 3,000
C. Number of Jews now: There are no Jews
Number of Jewish houses destroyed in the pogroms: 200
Number of Jewish stores destroyed in the pogroms: 50
Number of Jewish factories destroyed in the pogroms: 5
Where did the majority of the Jewish residents run away to because of the pogroms? To Skvira and to Tetiev
What is the status of the Jewish population now?
A. Number of residents None
B. Number of homeless None
From which towns did the homeless arrive? There is no Jewish population
Registrar: P (or F) Mayarchuk
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