The earliest known Jewish community was 19th century. 1926 Jewish population was 1764. Effected Jewish Community: 1905 pogroms, 1919 Denikensky and Petlurovsky pogroms, and Jan. 9, 1942. Noteworthy Jews living in town were Rabbi Zalman Shneerson (died in 1813) and Rabbi Ganzburg, a 1942Holocaust victim. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1810. Tzadakkim and other noteworthy Jews buried in the cemetery are Rabbi Zalman Shneerson, Rabbi Fridman and Chairman of the Jewish Community, Hudominsky Roman Solomonovich.
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Chassidic Gadyach
The 19th of Kislev, the New Year of Chassidism, is one of those occasions that attract more than the usual number of visitors to the city of Gadyach, Ukraine. Countless pilgrims are attracted to this city every year at this time, gathering to pay tribute to the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman, who was buried in Gadyach.
