The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It is likely that it was founded no later than in the second half of the 19th century. The earliest tombstone found dates to 1872. There are 7 gravestones remaining in the site. The most recent dates to 2020. The cemetery is unmanaged.
For more information on this site visit: https://www.esjf-cemeteries.org/fenced/novi-kovna-jewish-cemetery-2/
Bays Stern Shulman is a synagogue built in 2010. The synagogue was built on the site of the former "Meeting House", which was destroyed by the Soviet authorities in 1932. It houses a library, an audio collection and the Museum of Jewish Culture and Holocaust History "Mikhail Marmer Museum". A monument to the victims of the Holocaust in Kryvyi Rih was inaugurated on the site of the synagogue in 2013.
The Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos is an Eastern Orthodox church built from 1886. After its closure for more than fifty years (1932- 1991), it was restored in 1991.
The cemetery was established in the early 19th century. The cemetery was once restored. All the tombstones dates to the pre-war period.
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