The cemetery was not marked on a cadastral map of 1860. Presumably, it was established in the early 20th century, so far as the earliest preserved gravestone relates to the 1910s.
For more information on this site visit: https://www.esjf-cemeteries.org/fenced/lyuta-jewish-cemetery-2/
The wooden Church of St. Michael was probably built in 1777. Tyvodar Lehotskyy, a Ukrainian historian, believes that the building was actually constructed a while before this date. According to him, 1777 would be the time of the churches' consecration after the building had been renovated. The building is entirely made of oak and the tower is 22 meters high. It is the only remaining classical Lemko wooden church in the Carpathians. The church was built in an old Ukrainian style, with Baroque towers.
The building had originally been constructed somewhere else, but it was moved to the Uzhhorod Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in 1972, after a period of abandonment during the Sovjet times.
The cemetery was used until World War II, and the most recently preserved gravestone dates to 1938. It preserves 50 gravestones from 1836 to 1938. The site was fenced by ESJF in June 2017.
Presumably, the Jewish cemetery in Zarichevo was established in the 19th century. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in 1852. The cemetery was used presumably until WWII, although the most recent preserved gravestone dates to 1936.
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