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Kuyalnytskyi cemetery (also Sotnykivskyi cemetery)

Kuyalʹnytsʹkyy, abo Sotnykivsʹkyy tsvyntar – naybilʹshyy zi zberezhenykh kozatsʹkykh tsvyntariv v Ukrayini. Tut pokhovani kozaky “nerubayi” Sotnykivsʹkoyi Sichi – ti, khto vidmovyvsya pereselytysya na Kubanʹ za nakazom imperatrytsi Kateryny II i buly zmusheni naviky sklasty zbroyu. Pershi pokhovannya Sotnykivsʹkoho tsvyntarya datuyutʹsya 1791 rokom. Lyshe cherez 3 roky Odesa otrymaye svoyu teperishnyu nazvu ta status mista. A poselennya kozakiv zʺyavylosya tut blyzʹko 1770-ho roku. Z·hidno z informatsiyeyu z metrychnykh knyh, yaki velysya u mistseviy tserkvi, na Sotnykivsʹkomu tsvyntari pokhovano blyzʹko pivtysyachi lyudey. Bilʹshistʹ z nykh – ukrayintsi, prychomu bahato prizvyshch ye kozatsʹkymy. Kozaky, shcho pokhovani tut, mohly buty abo nashchadkamy, abo odnofamilʹtsyamy hetʹmaniv ta polkovykh starshyn. Odnak do nashykh dniv zberehlosya tilʹky blyzʹko 200 pokhovanʹ zi starovynnymy nadhrobkamy. Zazvychay kozatsʹki nadhrobky ye vytvoramy mystetstva: yikh prykrashaly ornamentamy ta pradavnimy symvolamy. Sotnykivsʹke kladovyshche ne vynyatok: tut mozhna pobachyty khresty riznoyi formy, v tomu chysli i malʹtiysʹkyy khrest. Na deyakykh nadhrobkakh dosytʹ chitko zberehlysya napysy. Na zhalʹ, poky shcho pamʺyatka ne maye ofitsiynoho vyznannya ta okhorony vid derzhavy. Ale nebayduzhi odesyty dohlyadayutʹ za kladovyshchem ta provodyatʹ neofitsiyni ekskursiyi.

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Kuyalnytsky, or Sotnykivsky cemetery - the largest of the surviving Cossack cemeteries in Ukraine. Here are buried the Cossacks "nerubay" Sotnikovskaya Sich - those who refused to move to the Kuban by order of Empress Catherine II and were forced to lay down their arms forever.

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Address

Хаджибейська дорога, 143, Одеса

About the place

The first burials of the Sotnykivsky cemetery date back to 1791. Only in 3 years Odessa will get its current name and status of the city. And the Cossack settlement appeared here around 1770.

According to information from the metric books kept in the local church, about half a thousand people are buried in the Sotnykivsky cemetery. Most of them are Ukrainians, and many surnames are Cossack. The Cossacks buried here could be either descendants or namesakes of hetmans and regimental officers.

However, only about 200 burials with ancient tombstones have survived to this day. Cossack tombstones are usually works of art: they were decorated with ornaments and ancient symbols. Sotnikov Cemetery is no exception: here you can see crosses of various shapes, including the Maltese cross. On some tombstones the inscriptions are quite clearly preserved.

Unfortunately, the monument has not yet been officially recognized and protected by the state. But concerned residents of Odessa take care of the cemetery and conduct informal tours.