In 1925, a Jewish cemetery was established. According to epigraphic data, the cemetery was operating until WWII. Jews settled in Luzhany in the 18th century. In the early 20th century, a Hebrew school was opened
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Information on the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but it was marked on a map of the 1880s. According to epigraphic data, it existed at the end of the 19th century, and it was operating till WWII.
The Jewish population numbered 647 people (16,9% of the total population) in 1930. Kitsman’ was occupied by the German-Romanian troops on July 5, 1941. On July 9, 1941, 27 Jewish intellectuals were executed. In October 1941, 560 Jews were deported to Transnistria. Eight Jewish families survived.
Information on the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in the 1890s. The cemetery was used after WWII, the latest preserved gravestone relates to 1950s.
The seminary church is an Orthodox church built in 1882. On 28 June 2011, during the 35th session of the UNESCO Committee, the church was inscribed on the World Heritage List as part of the architectural ensemble of the Residence of Metropolitans of Bukovina and Dalmatia. The five-domed church was built in the Byzantine style with elements of eclecticism. Stylized "crosses of Constantinople" are installed on the domes.
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