Contact Information

If you have any additional information, or if you want to make a correction to some of the posted information, post a comment here or send me an e-mail message at binenbaum@earthlink.net (to post a comment go to the bottom of this posting and click on the red word "comments").

My Binenbaum Ancestors - By Larry Binenbaum Schenker

I am researching my possible ancestors around the world.

Although my Surname today is Schenker, my father and grandfather were born as BINENBAUM (Биненбаум) in Brest-Litovsk, Russian Empire.

It is my belief that this Surname has a German origin.

Back in 1911 when my grandfather and father emigrated from Brest-Litovsk, Russian Empire (later Brzesc nad Bugiem, Poland and today Brest, Belarus), we had relatives that were living in many cities of Europe. Some of my relatives survived the holocaust and migrated to other countries of the world. Some might have modified the spelling of their Surname.

I am searching for anyone with the Surname of BINENBAUM, BIENENBAUM, BINENBOYM or BINENBOJM or any derivation of this Surname.

I know that there were some of my ancestors who were born, died, married or emigrated from Akkerman. Below is a list of my known Binenbaum ancestors from Akkerman:

• Binenbaum, Uknown - Listed in a director on page 1965.


• Benenboym, Peysakh - Died in 1906. Patronym was Leyb.


• Benenboym, Khava - Information from Yad Vashem. He was the father to Doba, Jakow and Tzwi and the husband to Pesakh. No additional information is known.


• Benenboym, Pesakh - Information from Yad Vashem. She was the mother to Doba, Jakow and Tzwi and the wife to Khava. She gave birth to Jakow in 1895. No additional information is known.


• Binenbaum, Doba - Information from Yad Vashem. She was born in Akerman in 1918 to Pesakh and Khava. She was single in 1942. Prior to WWII she lived in Akerman, Romania. During the war she was in Akerman, Romania. Doba perished in 1942, at the age of 24, in Akerman, Romania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 25 November 1956 by her brother – Nekhemia Binenbaum.


• Binenbaum, Jakow (Yaakov) - Information from Yad Vashem. He was born in Akerman in 1895 to Pesakh and Khava. He was a merchant and married to Katerina (Katia). Prior to WWII he lived in Akerman, Romania. During the war he was in Akerman, Romania. Jakow perished in 1942, at the age of 47, in Akerman, Romania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 25 November 1956 by his brother – Nekhemia Binenbaum.


• Tzvi (Cwi) Binenbaum - Information from Yad Vashem. He was born in Akerman in 1897 to Pesakh and Khava. He was a merchant and married to Shlima. Prior to WWII he lived in Akerman, Romania. During the war he was in Akerman, Romania. Tzvi perished in 1942, at the age of 45, in Akerman, Romania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 25 November 1956 by his brother – Nekhemia Binenbaum.


• Szlima (Shlima) Binenbaum - Information from Yad Vashem. She was born in Akerman in 1899. She was a housewife and married to Tzvi. Prior to WWII she lived in Akerman, Romania. During the war she was in Akerman, Romania. Szlima perished in 1942, at the age of 43, in Akerman, Romania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 25 November 1956 by her brother-in-law – Nekhemia Binenabum.


• Ester Binenbaum - Information from Yad Vashem. He was born in Akerman in 1910 to Pesakh and Khava. She was single in 1942. Prior to WWII she lived in Akerman, Romania. During the war she was in Akerman, Romania. Ester perished in 1942, at the age of 32, in Akerman, Romania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 25 November 1956 by her brother – Nekhemia Binenbaum.


• Lyonya Binenboim - Information from Yad Vashem. He was born in Akkerman in 1929 to Volodia. He was a pupil and single in 1942. Prior to WWII he lived in Akkerman, Romania. During the war he was in Odessa, Ukraine (USSR). Lyonya perished in 1942, at the age of 13, in Odessa, Ukraine (USSR). This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 15 April 1999 by his friend, a Shoah survivor – Semyou Glikman (Fikman).


• Izya Binenboim - Information from Yad Vashem. He was born in Akkerman to Volodya. He was an employee and a teenager. Prior to WWII he lived in Akkerman, Romania. During the war he was in Akkerman, Romania. Izya perished in 1941, at the age of 16, in Akkerman, Romania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 17 May 2006 by his parents' acquaintance – Semyou Glikman (Fikman).


• Volodya - Information from Yad Vashem. He was the father to Lyonya and Izya. No additional information is known.

According to Alexander Beider's book "A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire" that was published in 1993 the above Surnames when translated mean either "bee tree" or "bee hive":
"Binenbaum A; Bienenbaum (German) bee tree (bee hive) (Binenbojm)"
"Binenbojm (Khotin, Rovno) A: binenboym (Yiddish) See Binenbaum"

Some of the other possible variations of the BINENBAUM Surname could be as listed below.
The below Surnames might also have any of the below endings:
….baym, ….boim, ….bojm, ….boym, ….bozhm
….bayn, ….boin, ….bojn, ….boyn, ….bozhn
….bayrm, ….boirm, ….bojrm, ….boyrm, ….bozhrm
….bayrn, ….boirn, ….bojrn, ….boyrn, ….bozhrn

Baiembaum, Bamembaum, Banembaum, Bannembaum, Beiembaum, Bemembaum, Benembaum, Benenbaum, Bienembaum, Bienenbaum, Binbaum, Binbaun, Binbom, Binbon, Binebam, Bineban, Binebaum, Binebom, Binebon, Binem, Binembaum, Bineme, Binen, Binenbaum, Binene, Binnbaum

Fainenbaum, Fajnenbaum, Fanenbaum, Fenembaum, Fenenbaum, Fomembaum, Fomenbaum

Penembaum, Penenbaum, Pinembaum, Pinenbaum

Tanenbaum, Tejenbaum, Tzanenbaum

Wainembaum, Wajnembaum, Wajnenbaum, Wanembaum, Wanenbaum


I would like to thank you in advance for any help that you can offer to me.

My e-mail address is binenbaum@earthlink.net

Larry BINENBAUM (Schenker)
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
E-mail: binenbaum@earthlink.net

Surnames of Our Ancestors from Akkerman

If you know of any additional Surnames and would like to add one or more Surnames, post a comment or send me an e-mail message at binenbaum@earthlink.net (to post a comment go to the bottom of this posting and click on the red word "comments").

Abramson

Barsky, Bedny, Benderski, Benembaum, Benenbaum, Bernstein, Bienembaum, Bienenbaum, Binembaum, Binenbaum, Binnenbaum, Boreisch, Brodskii, Brodsky

Cohan, Collegeman, Cuciuc

Fisher, Fookelman, Freilichmann

Gellman, Gershkovich, Glass, Goldblatt, Goldenberg, Gordon, Gorodetsky, Gurfel

Kallechman, Kaminer, Kleitman, Kleitman, Kogan, Kvaterman

Laskin, Lederman, Levin, Lipovetski

Margalith, Margolin, Margulis, Mester, Millstein

Penenbaum

Rossook

Schaposhnik, Schwartz, Schwartzman, Shapiro, Sparber, Spiegelman, Steinberg, Suckerman

Tischler, Torgan, Treitelman

Warshavsky, Waxman

Zilberman, Zisook

Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce Vital Records from Akkerman

According to the Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation's web site (as of this date), there are no records available in two archives - Moldova National Archives and the Archives of Ancient Acts.
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/srchresults2.asp?rbSearchBy=DMSearch&txtTown=akkerman&Town_Submit.x=43&Town_Submit.y=5&Town2=AKKERMAN&Town3=BELGOROD%20DNESTROVSKIY

Moldova National Archives
67b Gheorghe Asachi Street
Kishinev 277028, Republic of Moldova
Tel: 373/0422/73-58-27

Archives of Ancient Acts (civil registrations)
82, 31 August Street
Kishinev 277019, Republic of Moldova
Tel/Fax: 373/0422/23-70-50

Birth records are available for the following years in the Moldova National Archives - None
Birth records are available for the following years in the Archives of Ancient Acts - None

Death records are available for the following years in the Moldova National Archives - None
Death records are available for the following years in the Archives of Ancient Acts - None

Marriage records are available for the following years in the Moldova National Archives - None
Marriage records are available for the following years in the Archives of Ancient Acts - None

Divorce records are available for the following years in the Moldova National Archives - None
Divorce records are available for the following years in the Archives of Ancient Acts - None

Military Records from Akkerman

According to the Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation's web site (as of this date), there are records available in the Moldova National Archives.
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/srchresults2.asp?rbSearchBy=DMSearch&txtTown=akkerman&Town_Submit.x=43&Town_Submit.y=5&Town2=AKKERMAN&Town3=BELGOROD%20DNESTROVSKIY

Moldova National Archives
67b Gheorghe Asachi Street
Kishinev 277028, Republic of Moldova
Tel: 373/0422/73-58-27

Military records are available for the following years in the Moldova National Archives - 1875

Fond/Opis/Delo - 134/2/771

Jewish Workers Records from Akkerman

According to the Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation's web site (as of this date), there are records available in the Moldova National Archives.
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/srchresults2.asp?rbSearchBy=DMSearch&txtTown=akkerman&Town_Submit.x=43&Town_Submit.y=5&Town2=AKKERMAN&Town3=BELGOROD%20DNESTROVSKIY

Moldova National Archives
67b Gheorghe Asachi Street
Kishinev 277028, Republic of Moldova
Tel: 373/0422/73-58-27

Jewish workers records are available for the following years in the Moldova National Archives - 1907; 1920-1921; 1936-1938; 1942

Fond/Opis/Delo - 3/1/1204; 1786/1/20, 989, 1066, 1106, 1112, 1113

Jewish Hospital Records from Akkerman

According to the Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation's web site (as of this date), there are records available in the Moldova National Archives.
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/srchresults2.asp?rbSearchBy=DMSearch&txtTown=akkerman&Town_Submit.x=43&Town_Submit.y=5&Town2=AKKERMAN&Town3=BELGOROD%20DNESTROVSKIY

Alexander Sokolov, Director
Russian State Historical Archives
Zanevski Prospect 36
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation 195112
Tel: 438-55-20
Fax: 438-55-94

Jewish hospital records are available for the following years in the Russian State Historical Archives - 1912

Fond/Opis/Delo - 1287/15/106, 1280

Census Records from Akkerman

According to the Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation's web site (as of this date), there are records available in the Moldova National Archives.
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/srchresults2.asp?rbSearchBy=DMSearch&txtTown=akkerman&Town_Submit.x=43&Town_Submit.y=5&Town2=AKKERMAN&Town3=BELGOROD%20DNESTROVSKIY

Moldova National Archives
67b Gheorghe Asachi Street
Kishinev 277028, Republic of Moldova
Tel: 373/0422/73-58-27

Census records are available for the following years in the Moldova National Archives - 1834-1836; 1854-1859; 1874-1875

Fond/Opis/Delo - 151/1/30-30A, 39-46; 134/2/4, 12; 134/3/1040

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The Family History Library has Revision lists (census lists used to levy a poll tax) for the Akkerman district, 1834 - 1875, Bessarabia, Russia; later Cetatea-Albă, Romania; now Bilhorod-Dnistrovs′kiĭ, Odesa, Ukraine. These lists provide social estate, age, full name, place of birth, residence and presence of children of both genders. Text in Russian. These are microfilms of the records in the Central State Historical Archive in Moldove.
Фонд 134, опись 2, дела 42, 67, 134, 150, 180-193, 238, 301, 310-312, 338, 342-344, 448-473, 540, 575-576, 603, 624, 626-629, 638-645, 689, 761-766, 769-773, 833.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1231446&disp=%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%%20%20&columns=*,0,0

Local Government Documents from Akkerman

According to the Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation's web site (as of this date), there are records available in the Moldova National Archives.
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/srchresults2.asp?rbSearchBy=DMSearch&txtTown=akkerman&Town_Submit.x=43&Town_Submit.y=5&Town2=AKKERMAN&Town3=BELGOROD%20DNESTROVSKIY

Moldova National Archives
67b Gheorghe Asachi Street
Kishinev 277028, Republic of Moldova
Tel: 373/0422/73-58-27

Local government records are available for the following years in the Moldova National Archives - 1926; 1929; 1931; 1934

Fond/Opis/Delo - 1786/1/313, 492, 663, 837

Castle Island Records from Akkerman

Ellis Island Records from Akkerman

These Surnames were displayed during a search of the Ellis Island database for people whose town name sounds like Akkerman or Cetatea Alba. The search was done using Stephen P. Morse's Ellis Islad Gold Form tool.

For more information including the passengers the first name, the age upon arrival and the year they were born, plus the year of arrival, post a comment or send me an e-mail message at binenbaum@earthlink.net (to post a comment go to the bottom of this posting and click on the red word "comments").

Abramowicz, Almendinger, Alterman, Aluhlskin, Aronovice

Balhkhanzki, Baltakser, Barre, Barsky, Baumgart, Benianim, Blinik, Bodny, Borok, Boron, Boxer, Bratzki, Brodschi, Brodzka, Broitmann, Burman

Carton, Chacham, Citron, Citrone, Coifman, Czaplan, Czayslin

Davidovic, Drangel, Dulsiky

Elin, Ellgort, Ellin

Fabacznek, Faier, Falacznek, Feaofman, Feigin, Feld, Feldman, Fendler, Ferladanski, Finkel, Fipe, Fischer, Flaik, Fominawa, Fried, Friedman, Friedmann, Fudkowiaz

Gaspes, Gebhardt, Gelles, Gelman, Gerson, Gertsenstein, Geuchkowicz, Geuschkowicz, Ghirschfeld, Gierus, Ginsburg, Ginzburg, Gleser, Gold, Goldenberg, Goldenshain, Goldenstein, Goldstein, Greig, Grinspun, Grunmayn, Gutmann

Hackman, Haham, Hegen, Heinberg, Hellman, Helmann, Hermanowsky, Herschmann, Hertzenstien, Herzenstein, Hinsbell, Hoffmann

Itkin

Jacob, Jaspond, Jreidin

Kalmitzki, Kalnizky, Kantor, Kardin, Karmel, Kaufman, Kaufmann, Kelber, Kelnitzki, Kipnis, Knepper, Kogan, Kohan, Kohen, Korin, Kosower, Krasner, Krataurizc, Krause, Krawsmann, Kritschewsky, Kritzewsky, Krzisanowsky, Kubeik, Kuczuk, Kuschmir, Kushnir, Kutzuk

Lablowsky, Laroot, Leibman, Levites, Levitt, Lewenzalin, Lewin, Lewit, Lichtman, Lifschetz, Lifschitz, Lifschutz, Lisenko, Lumish, Lutzky

Maksimowicz, Margolin, Medjuracan, Medwedow, Meslon, Milstein, Morgulew, Muchafloeshy, Muhlstein

Nager, Neuman, Nochmanowicz

Packentreiger, Padua, Padva, Pakutka, Paule, Pfahl, Pick, Pienes, Pogrebinschi, Polak, Poustilnic

Raitenstem, Rakowcik, Roftopolas, Roitenstein, Rosenfeld, Rotenstein, Rubl, Ruczuk, Ryan

Sacherman, Sapiro, Sapojnicov, Sapoznikow, Saratowsky, Saysmewitz, Schick, Schiterbord, Schkljar, Schlentz, Schonen, Schulz, Schwartz, Schwarzman, Schwarzmann, Sestopal, Sigel, Silberman, Silbermann, Soloduhina, Spivak, Stanley, Steinberg, Stomberg, Sudkowicz, Svensson, Swerdlih, Szaryra, Szteinberg

Tabacxwik, Tabaeznik, Tandler, Tendler, Teplitjky, Trachbaubrant, Trachtenbroit, Tschepeleff, Tskovitch

Ulnik

Vinderman, Vinitzcaia, Vodovoz

Wagner, Waldbillaf, Wall, Wasserman, Weiler, Weinbaum, Weinberg, Wischnewitski, Woitzechovsky

Zade

Philadelphia Immigration Records from Akkerman

Boston Immigration Records from Akkerman

Yad Vashem Shoah Records for Akkerman

224 names (including 6 of my BINENBAUM possible ancestors) were displayed during a search for victims whose place of birth (including synonyms) is 'Akkerman', location before the war (including synonyms) is 'Akkerman', location during the war (including synonyms) is 'Akkerman', and whose place of death (including synonyms) is 'Akkerman' with the name fields blank. The District is Cetatea Alba, the Region is Bessarabia and the Country is Romania.

For more information including how many people had the same Surname, the first names and the date of birth, post a comment or send me an e-mail message at binenbaum@earthlink.net (to post a comment go to the bottom of this posting and click on the red word "comments").

Aberbukh, Abramowicz, Averbukh

Beigelman, Benderski, Biegelman, Binenbaum, Binenboim, Blinder, Borok, Boyukanski, Brand, Brodski, Bronfenberger, Bukhbinder

Chasz, Coen, Cvaterman

Dorfman

Eilman, Elfer, Erlikh

Falikov, Fishman, Frehter, Freidz

Galbinskaya, Geisman, Gekht, Gerber, Gershkovitz, Gerson, Gerzon, Gordion, Granic, Granik, Greskowic, Guberman

Horovitz

Kalekin, Kaminker, Katz, Kesler, Khulin, Kishinevski, Kishiniovski, Kishinyovskaya, Kogan, Komarovski, Korn, Kreizberg, Krichevski, Kritzman, Krokmazki, Krulik, Krup, Kulski, Kvartirman, Kvaterman

Levin, Lipovetzki, Lis, Litwin

Malkin, Medvediv, Morgentaler, Moshkovich, Muchnik

Neiman

Pereles, Perlin, Perlis, Plosk, Polonskaya

Rafalovich, Rogelberg, Roitman, Roshanski, Rotenshtern, Roysmann, Rozenberg

Sapozhnikov, Schaposznik, Schwarcman, Shapiro, Shimanovich, Shinkarovski, Shteinberg, Shvartz, Shvartzman, Shverdlik, Sklyar, Steinberg, Steingart, Stertz, Sudakowic, Szwarcman, Szwarcman

Trakhtenbroit

Vdovin, Vilderman, Vodovoz

Zilberman, Zimmerman

Searching for Our Jewish Ancestors from Akkerman

As of this date, there are 41 people who are searching for 64 ancesors who at one time might have been born, died, married or lived in Akkerman.

A list of these 41 researchers and their contact information can be found at the below UR: (you have to be a member of JewishGen to access the information):
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~jgff~~[FEATURE]-1035629:BILHOROD-DNISTROVSKYY~UKR~ST~ALL

To join JewishGen for FREE (you do not have to be Jewish) go to the below URL: http://www.jewishgen.org/CURE/jgidadd.asp?OK=Y

Archives in Ukraine

The network of State archives under the State Committee on Archives of Ukraine includes some 680 institutions. Among them, there are:

Seven Central State Archives of Ukraine;
Ukrainian Research Institute of Archival Affairs and Record Keeping;
Reference Library of Central State Archives of Ukraine;
State Service for Documents Preservation;
State Archives in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea;
Twenty four State Oblast Archives;
State Archives of Kyiv and Sebastopol;
487 archival departments of district (local) state administrations;
159 municipal archives.
The archival system of Ukraine employs more than 3,000 archivists and other staff members. Archival institutions under the State Committee on Archives of Ukraine; preserve more than 55 million files (units, or sprav), 74,000 video documents, more than 1 million photo documents, 30,000 audio documents and 613,000 items of scientific and technical documentation, all included in the National Archival Fond.


State Committee on Archives of Ukraine [Derzhavnyi komitet arkhiviv Ukrainy] 24 Solomianska st., 03110 Kyiv Tel: +38 (044) 275-27-77, 275-26-66 Fax: +38 (044) 275-36-55 E-mail: mail@archives.gov.ua web: www.archives.gov.ua Working hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00-18:00

Ukrainian Research Institute of Archival Affairs and Record Keeping 24 Solomianska st., 03110 Kyiv Tel.: (044) 275-53-82 E-mail: undiasd@archives.gov.ua

Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine [Tsentralnyi derzhavnyi arkhiv vyshchykh orhaniv vlady i upravlinnia Ukrainy] 24 Solomianska st., 03110 Kyiv Tel: (044) 275-36-66 Fax: (044) 275-12-55 E-mail: tsdavo@archives.gov.ua Working hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30-16:30; Tuesday-Wednesday-Friday, 8:30-19:00 Saturday: 9:00-16:00

Central State Archives of Public Organizations of Ukraine [Tsentralnyi derzhavnyi arkhiv hromadskykh ob'iednan Ukrainy] 8 Kutuzova st., 01011 Kyiv Tel: (044) 295-55-32 Fax: (044) 295-73-51 E-mail: cdago@online.com.ua Working hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00-17:30

The Central State CinePhotoPhono Archives of Ukraine named after H. Pshenychny [Tsentralnyi derzhavnyi kinofotofonoarkhiv Ukrainy im. H.S.Pshenychnoho] 24 Solomianska st., 03110 Kyiv Tel/Fax: (044) 275-37-37 E-mail: tsdkffa@archives.gov.ua Working hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30-17:00

Central State Archives and Museum of Literature and Art of Ukraine [Tsentralnyi derzhavnyi arkhiv-muzei literatury i mystetstva Ukrainy] 22a Volodymyrska st., 01601, Kyiv Tel/Fax: (044) 228-44-81 Working hours: Tuesday: 12:00-20:00; Wednesday-Saturday, 10:00-17:00

Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Kyiv [Tsentralnyi derzhavnyi istorychnyi arkhiv Ukrainy, m. Kyiv] 24 Solomianska st., 03110 Kyiv Tel/Fax: (044) 275-30-02 E-mail: cdiak@archives.gov.ua Working hours: Monday-Thursday-Saturday, 9:15-17:00; Tuesday-Wednesday-Friday, 9:15-19:00

State Archives of Odesa Oblast [Derzhavnyi arkhiv Odeskoi oblasti] 18 Zhukovskoho st., 65001 Odesa Tel: (0482) 22-80-25, 25-12-19, 25-09-10; Fax: (0482) 22-80-25 E-mail: gaoo@te.net.ua website: derjarhiv.odessa.gov.ua-->Working hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00-18:00

Central State Scientific and Technical Archives of Ukraine [Tsentralnyi derzhavnyi naukovo-tekhnichnyi archiv Ukrainy] Universytetska st., 4 61003, Kharkiv Tel.: (057) 731-25-67 Fax: (057) 731-34-34 Working hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00-18:00

State Archives of Kharkiv Oblast [Derzhavnyi arkhiv Kharkivskoi oblasti] Moskovskyi Prospekt, 7 61003, Kharkiv Tel/Fax: (0572) 12-66-43, 12-65-15 E-mail: gaho@ukr.net Working hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00-17:00

http://www.archives.gov.ua/Eng/Archives/

Researchers in Ukraine

Miriam Weiner
136 Sandpiper Key
Secaucus, NJ 07094
URL: http://www.routestoroots.com/serv1.html
E-mail: mweiner@routestoroots.com

Chastina Alla
Kishinev, Moldova
Tel: 079544529
URL: http://www.bessarabia.ru/velcoma.htm
E-mail: alenchii@rambler.ru or tabard@rambler.ru

Tabac Silviu
Kishinev, Moldova
Tel: 373-2-44-31-69 or 069133739
URL: http://www.bessarabia.ru/velcoma.htm
E-mail: silviu_tabac@yahoo.fr

Rumeantsev Evgenii Aleksandrovich
Kishinev, Moldova
Tel: 079544529
URL: http://www.bessarabia.ru/velcoma.htm
E-mail: alenchii@rambler.ru

Dinu Poshtarenku
Albishoara 76/7, ap. 85
Kishinev, Moldova 2001
Tel: (373 22) 29-38-59
URL: http://www.bessarabia.ru/velcoma.htm
E-mail: dpostarencu@moldova.cc or dpostarencu@list.ru

Mihai Tasca
Kishinev, Moldova
URL: http://www.bessarabia.ru/velcoma.htm
E-mail: mihaitaska@gmail.com or mihaitaska@yahoo.com

Todorashko Zinaida
Tiraspol, Moldova
Tel: 8-22-99 or 86144
URL: http://www.bessarabia.ru/velcoma.htm
E-mail: gas-pmr@idknet.com

Gavaza Tatiana
Kishinev, Moldova
Tel: (373-2) 77-64-56
URL: http://www.bessarabia.ru/velcoma.htm
E-mail: salki@list.ru

Pascal Aleksandr
Moscow, Russia
Tel: 8-916-171-89-60
URL: http://www.bessarabia.ru/velcoma.htm
E-mail: finvest3@rol.ru

Jewish Cemeteries & Synagogues in Ukraine

http://www.heritageabroad.gov/reports/doc/survey_ukraine_2005.pdf

Jewish Communities in Ukraine

The information below is adapted from the website of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine www.fjc.ru/ukrainefr.htm
Ukraine contains the third-largest Jewish community in Europe and the fifth-largest Jewish community in the world. The majority of Ukrainian Jews live in four large cities: Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Odesa. Despite the limitations imposed on them by various governments and regimes throughout modern history, Jews played a major role in developing Ukraine's commerce and industry as well as the major urban environments of Ukraine.
The Jews within the boundaries of present-day Ukraine share their heritage with all of East European Jewry, especially those Jews of Russia, Belarus, Poland, and Romania. Jews in these lands in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries developed various forms of religious and national identities that allowed the Jewish community to adapt to the changing social and political environment in the area before 1939. While many Jews in the area were adherents of Hasidism, an eighteenth century pietist religious movement, others were attracted to the ideals of the Jewish enlightenment, or Haskalah, that allowed for entrance into modern, non-Jewish society and the continuation of an identification with the Jewish community.
At the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth, the Jews of Eastern Europe participated increasingly in modern political parties, both Zionist and socialist. Zionists worked toward the development of a Jewish state in Palestine and toward the development of Hebrew culture in Eastern Europe. The Bund, a party of Jewish workers, was a unique attempt to combine the ideals of socialism with Jewish nationalism. While the most radical Jewish political leaders rejected traditional Jewish religious practice, Jewish religious ideals were an essential part of these movements for many leaders and participants.
Yiddish was the language spoken by the overwhelming majority of East European Jews. Many of the most important writers of modern Yiddish literature lived and worked in the lands of present-day Ukraine, especially in the cities of Odesa, Kyiv, Lviv, and *Chernivtsi. These include Mendele Mocher Sforim and Sholem-Aleykhem, both of whom spent long periods of time in Odesa. Their works reflect the changing social, political, and economic realities of the traditional East European Jewish community.
The Jews made up a significant percentage of the total number of people living on Ukrainian lands before World War II. More than half the Jews living in Ukraine were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. The repression of Jewish life under Soviet rule was especially harsh. Today the Ukrainian Jews enjoy new-found freedoms that are allowing them to rebuild and revitalize their communities.
Sean Martin also contributed to the preceding text. He is a historian of East European Jewry from Cleveland, Ohio (USA), and was a Fulbright Scholar in Lviv in 2002.
http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/major.religions/jewish/bleich/">Yaakov Dov Bleich is Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and all Ukraine.
For further information see http://www.jfu.kiev.ua/">The Jewish Foundation of Ukraine website and http://www.jewish.kiev.ua/">Ukrainian Jewish Congress

Photographs of Akkerman - Yesterday and Today

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Web Sites with Information about Akkerman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/cetateaalba/index.html

http://www.fondazione-delbianco.org/inglese/InsertNews/Akkerman_Fortress.htm

On February 5, 2008 we were informed by Perminov Alexey at most@tm.odessa.ua of the below sites about Akkerman.

http://www.old-akkerman.com.ua/

http://www.bilgorod-d.org.ua

http://www.tira.in/photos/

www.bdn.odessa.ua

http://www.newsakkerman.com.ua/

http://www.belgorod.com.ua/

Interesting Information about Akkerman

http://www.geocities.com/romaniancoins/transnistria2.html

In 1799 the czarist counselor Sumarokov noted after his visit into the newly annexed territories: "in Ovidiopol the inhabitants are, almost all of them, Moldavians and Greeks, only a few Russians. All are merchants from Akkerman [Cetatea Albă] that came with goods. Tiraspol has only 350 houses, and the inhabitants are: Malorussians [small Russians, a.k.a. Ukrainians], Moldavians, Walachians, Jews and Gypsies." About the Dubăsari town he says that the town is inhabited mainly by Moldavians, secondly by Greeks, Bulgarians, Jews and "only a few Russians" - probably the recently arrived czarist administrators. The counselor mentioned that all the villages at the East of River Nistru are Moldavian (he passed personally through Mălăieşti, Butor, Taşlîc, Puhăceni).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern_Romania
As a result of their victory of the 1711 war, the Turks placed a garrison in Hotin, rebuilt the fortress under the direction of French engineers, and made the surrounding region into a sanjak. Moldavia was now shut in by Turkish border strips at Hotin, Bender, Akkerman, Kilia, Ismail and Reni. The new sanjak was the most extensive on Moldavian territory, comprising a hundred villages and the market-towns of Lipcani-Briceni and Suliţa Noua. Under the Turks, Bessarabia and Transistria witnessed a constant immigration from Poland and Ukraine, of Ukrainian speaking landless peasants, largely fugitives from the severe serfdom which prevailed there, to the districts of Hotin and Chişinău.

http://www.geocities.com/marin_serban/simon3.html
“The Fear of Otranto” brought up new energies for the fight against the Ottomans (1480-1481). Stephen was the only one to strongly act out, on land, the proclaimed crusade. At the time, Mathias was black mailing the Pope that if he didn’t get his ecclesiastical ways, he would become an orthodox. In 1483, Mathias bailed out from the war and signed a five years truth with Bayazed II, Mehmed’s successor. The truth was supposed to protect Moldavia, a nameless part of the his kingdom in Mathias’s view. Neither European States, nor, least of all, the Ottomans accepted it. Moldavia should have been mentioned as a separate political part. In 1484, her key harbours Chilia and Cetatea Albã surrendered to Bayazed. Stephen seemed paralysed all this time. Mathias blamed everyone. Eventually, he found Stephen responsible having provoked the Turks.

http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/AJA_ALL/AKKERMAN_in_old_Slay_Byelgorod_.html
AKKERMAN (in old Slay. Byelgorod, “(white town"), a town, formerly a fortress, of south west Russia, in the government of Bessarabia, situated on the right bank of the estuary (Unit* of the Dniester, 12 M. from the Black Sea. The town stands on the site of the ancient Milesian colony of Tyras. Centuries later it was rebuilt by the Genoese, who called it Mauro Castro. The Turks first acquired possession of it in 1484. It was taken by the Russians in 1770, 1774 and 1806, but each time returned to the Turks, and not definitely annexed to Russia until 1881. A treaty concluded here in 1826 between Russia and the Porte secured considerable advantages to the former. It was the non-observance of this treaty that led to the war of 1828. The harbor is too shallow to admit vessels of large size, but the proximity of the town to Odessa secures for it a thriving business in wine, salt, fish, wool and tallow. The salt is obtained from the saline lakes (limans) in the neighborhood. The town, with its suburbs, contains beautiful gardens and vineyards. It is surrounded by ramparts, and commanded by a citadel. Population in 1900 was 32,470.

History of Akkerman

In the 6th century BC, Milesian colonists founded a settlement named Tyras on the future location of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, one which later came under Roman and Byzantine rule. The Byzantines built the fortress and named it Asprocastron ("White Castle" - a meaning kept in several languages). The Voskresensk Chronicle lists Belgorod "at the mouth of the Dniester, above the sea" among the towns controlled by Kievan Rus.
In 14th century the city was briefly controlled by the Republic of Genoa and by King Louis I of Hungary. Sfântul Ioan cel Nou (Saint John the New), the protector of Moldavia, was martyred in the city in 1330 during a Tatar incursion. In 1391, Cetatea Albă was the last city on the right bank of the Dnister to be incorporated into the newly-established principality of Moldavia, and for the next century was its second major city, the major port and an important fortress, serving as the capital of Ţara de Jos (the "Lower Country"), one of the two divisions of Moldavia (alongside Bukovina).
In 1420, it was attacked for the first time by the Ottomans, but defended successfully by Moldavian Prince Alexander the Kind.
In 1484, along with Kilia, it was the last of Black Sea ports to be conquered by the Ottomans. The Moldavian prince Stephen the Great was unable to aid in its defence, being under threat of a Polish invasion. The citadel surrendered when the Ottomans claimed to have reached an agreement with Prince Stephen, and promised safe passage to the inhabitants and their belongings; however, most of the city dwellers were slaughtered. Later, attempts by Stephen the Great to restore his rule over the area were unsuccessful. Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi was subsequently a base from which the Ottomans were able to attack Moldavia proper.
Under the walls of the fortress
It was established as the fortress of Akkerman, part of the Ottoman defensive system against Poland-Lithuania and, later, the Russian Empire. Major battles between the Ottomans and the Russians were fought near Bilhorod in 1770 and 1789. Russia conquered the town in 1770, 1774, and 1806, but returned it after the conclusion of hostilities. It was not incorporated into Russia until 1812, along with the rest of Bessarabia.
On September 25, 1826, Russia and the Ottomans signed the Akkerman Convention which imposed that the hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia be elected by their respective Divans for seven-year terms, with the approval of both Powers. It also imposed the retreat of Ottoman forces from both countries after their prolonged stay following military actions in 1821 (that were carried in response to the Philikí Etaireía in the Greek War of Independence), and Tudor Vladimirescu's actions. The Ottomans also agreed to cede to Wallachia the control over the Danube ports of Giurgiu, Brăila and Turnu. The provisions regarding the hospodars were never implemented, due to the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 and the subsequent period of Russian presence in the Danubian Principalities (see Regulamentul Organic).
In 1918 Bilhorod, along with the rest of Bessarabia, became part of Romania. In the interwar period, projects aimed to expand the city and port were reviewed. Romania ceded the city to the Soviet Union following the 1940 Soviet Ultimatum but recaptured it in 1941 during the invasion of the USSR by the Axis forces in the course of the Second World War and held it until 1944 when the Red Army advance re-established the Soviet control over the area. The Soviets divided Bessarabia and its southern sides (including Bilhorod) became part of the Ukrainian SSR, and after 1991, of nowadays Ukraine.
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the majority of city population are Ukrainians. The rest are Russians (28%), Bulgarians (4%) and Moldovans (2%).

Schools in Akkerman

The city has 17 high schools, 11 kindergartens and 4 colleges.

Libraries in Akkerman

Museums in Akkerman

Museum of Regional Studies
Pushkinskaya 19 (Пушкинская) (The street name comes from Pushkin's visit to Belgorod-Dnestrovsky to visit the fortress in 1821.)
Nine halls explain the history of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.

Jewish Organizations in Akkerman

Mayor of Akkerman

We have been informed by Victor at clinic@tm.odessa.ua that the Mayor as of this date (February 8, 2006) is Nikolay Nikolaevich Docenko. Further that an e-mail can be sent to his secretary Ekaterina at eterzi@yandex.ru.

Jewish Cemetery of Akkerman

BELGOROD DNESTROVSKIY: at 46º12' 30º21', now in the Ukraine. Also known as Akkerman, Bilhorod Dnistrovskyy, Byelogorod, Cetatea Alba, and Ir Lavan
Source: Nathan Sturman, Gunma, Japan; npsturman@lycos.ne.jp [February 2001]
http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/ukra-b.html

Synagogue in Akkerman

Synagogue in Akkerman --picture from Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy Archive

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Landmarks of Akkerman - Fortress

The site is a complex of buildings and fortifications that have survived from the ancient Greek city of Tyras (6th century BC - 4th century AD), early medieval town of Belgorod (6th-10th centuries) and Akkerman Fortress (12th-19th centuries) located on the Dniester Estuary in the present day city of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky (Odessa Region, Ukraine).

Tyras founded by Greek colonists from Miletus and mentioned by Strabo, Ptolemy and Plinius has preserved the remains of houses, stone paved streets, water tunnels, headquarters of a Roman garrison (building of vexillatio) and fortifications built of massive limestone plates unknown anywhere else in the ancient Greek world. There are also remains of a single known in southwestern Ukraine Early Christian temple (5th-7th centuries AD).

The fortress is the only example of medieval military that has survived in southwestern Ukraine. Originally it had 3 gates, 20 towers, a defensive wall, a defense entrenchment and the earliest in Ukraine remains of Turkish architecture such as baths and a minaret.

The architectural ensemble of Tyras-Belgorod is best comparable to the world famous Chersonessos in the Crimea. In contrast to it, however, Greek and Roman structures from Tyras were neither dismantled nor built over during the Middle Ages and have preserved their authentic appearance and layout. Furthermore, while other similar sites in Ukraine have only foundations of Hellenic fortifications, Tyras offers a unique opportunity to observe the original defensive walls and towers up to 5 meters in height.

Tyras has preserved most of its original fortifications (walls, two towers, several cellars), remains of civil and residential structures of the 5th century BC - 5th century AD in the western part of the town as well as some medieval houses of the 13th - 15th centuries.

Of the fortress proper there have remained a twelfth century citadel, 20 towers, 3 gates, 70% of defensive walls, an entrenchment and a minaret of the Turkish mosque. Inside the citadel there are remains of a ceramic water pipe, a stone water pool, a heating furnace and underground galleries. The fortress and its structures have preserved authentic masonry made of locally quarried limestone blocks and mortar with a touch of sand and a small portion of pounded bricks. The walls have retained the original elements of Moldavian architecture of the 15th-16th centuries such as alternating layers of bricks and limestone blocks. Some of the walls and towers still have ancient reinforcing timbers and decorative details such as complex machicolations and engraved network and floral ornamentation.

Throughout the Middle Ages some original parts of the fortress have undergone rebuilding. In the nineteenth century the majority of structures inside it were taken down for stones and the drawbridge at the main gates was replaced with a stationary stone bridge across the entrenchment.Today degradation of the shoreline causes crumbling of bedrock that is threatening the northern wall and northeastern tower of the citadel with collapse and has already lead to deformations of structures and development of fissures up to 9 m in length and 30 cm in width. Weathering of the limestone blocks causes collapsing of vaulted structures and crumbling of masonry from walls and revetment of the entrenchment to the depth of 50 cm over the areas of 20-150 m². None of the applied protective measures has proven to be effective for the long term conservation of the entire complex because they have always focused on preservation of individual structures and architectural details rather than followed a comprehensive plan for preservation and further maintenance of the entire site. Realization of more elaborate projects has always stumbled against insufficiency of funds because of a low level of financing the preservation of cultural heritage from the state budget as well as underdevelopment of the private sector of economy and low living standard inhibiting the emergence of local patrons and charities capable of and willing to provide financial assistance for saving the monuments. In order to provide funds sufficient for restoration and rehabilitation of Tyras-Belgorod in January of 2004 the Ukrainian Government adopted the "Comprehensive Program for Restoration and Use of Akkerman Fortress in the City of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky" scheduled for realization from 2004 to 2011.

Investigations of Akkerman Fortress
Yuriy Boltryk and Svitlana Bilyayeva
Akkerman fortress is the largest monument of Islamic architecture in the northwestern part of the Pontic area, preserved till now in its most complete condition. The fortress is located on the cape which is on the right border of the Dnestr esturary, 18 km from the Black Sea. It is now the center of the modern town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskiy (Odessa region, Ukraine).
Since the end of the 15th century up to the end of the 18th century it was a military and trade outpost of the Ottoman Empire in this region. Ottoman Akkerman follows ancient traditions as a dominant place in the whole Pontic area. Cultural contacts between Europe and Asia were established through nomads and settlement of various peoples followed. The origin of the foundation of the fortress is unknown and some parts of the first fortification can still be found. The fortress consists of four parts. The square of the fortress is 9 hectares and the length of the outer walls is 2 km, with 26 towers.
The archaeological investigation of the fortress began at the beginning of the 20th century, but monuments of the Ottoman period were not under special consideration then. Turkish and Ukranian expeditions were excavating the Ottoman monuments in the fortress. These expeditions concentrated on the Quarantine court, where the Turkish bath was discovered, and where some of the elements of the "barbican gate" were also located. At present, 15% of the court is under investigation.
Fortifications and weapons, found in the fortress, reflect the military aspect of the fortress. Numerous artifacts that have been found point still to another side: economy, culture, and art. The scientific results of our investigations show the necessity of further complex research into the history and the culture of the Ottoman Empire and medieval Ukraine.
In 1999, during the excavation in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskiy (Akkerman) Bozkurt Ersoy discovered a Turkish bath in the Quarantine court of Akkerman fortress. The bath has been built at the end of the 15th/beginning of the 16th century. In the course of the excavation the main sections of a traditional Turkish bath and several service systems of the bath were discovered.
The Turkish bath in Akkerman is the only one in the North Pontic Area, besides Crimea. The collection of findings of material culture and art contains more than 6000 objects: coins, pipes ceramics, adornments. In 1999 –2001 campaigns monuments of Muslim architecture in the North Pontic area, in the Crimea, Podioliya and Bukovina in Ukraine were also investigated.
Yuriy Boltryk - born in 1949
M.A. history and archaeology (Kyiv University 1973), Ph.D. in history (Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 2002)
Doctor, senior scientific collaborator Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv (1973-2004)
Address: 12, Geroiv Stalingrada ave., 04210, Kyiv – 210, Ukraine Tel.: (044) 418 2775 Fax.: (044) 418 3306 E-mail: IRA@IARH.KIEV.UA or akhamam@ua.fm or boltrik@iananu.kiev.ua
Svitlana Bilyayeva - born in 28.03.1946.
Finished Voronezh State University, specialist in the field of medieval archaeology and history (Old Russia, Medieval Ukraine, Ottoman period).
Doctor, senior scientific collaborator Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv (1969-2004), Department of Old Russia and medieval archaeology. Head of the Turkish- Ukrainian expedition.
Address: 12, Geroiv Stalingrada ave., 04210, Kyiv – 210, Ukraine. Tel.: (044) 418 2775 Fax.: (044) 418 3306 E-mail: IRA@IARH.KIEV.UA or akhamam@ua.fm
Bozkurt Ersoy - born in 1953
Prof. Dr. and a specialist on Turkish-Islamic Architecture.
Present position: Professor in Art History, Department of Art History, Faculty of Letters, Ege University, Bornova – İzmir, Turkey.
Head of the Department of History of Art, Ege University, Faculty of Letters.
Address: Ege University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Art History, Bornova 35100 – Izmir / Turkey. Tel. 90-232-3880110 ext.1677 Fax. 90-232 – 3881102
E-mail. bozkurtersoy@edebiyat.ege.edu.tr

Landmarks of Akkerman - Greek Orthodox Church - 15th Century

Greek Orthodox Church
Leona Popova Street (Леона Попова)

Was built at the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century.

Landmarks of Akkerman - Medieval Armenian Church - 14th Century

Medieval Armenian Church
Kuluzova Street (кюлузова)

This church was built in the 14th century.

Landmarks of Akkerman - Alexander's Military Headquarters - 19th Century

Rabbis of Akkerman

Memorial, Remembrance, Yizkor Book of Akkerman

Population of Akkerman

In 1900 there were 5,625 Jewish people.
In 2004 the total population was 48,100.

Nearby Jewish Communities - 1930

Nearby Jewish Communities:

Mayaki 15 miles NNW
Nikolayevka-Novorossiyskaya 22 miles WSW
Odesa 26 miles NE
Olăneşti, Moldova 29 miles NW
Copanca, Moldova 50 miles NW

Various Names and Spellings of This Town's Name

Over the years this town has had many different names with many different spellings.

Below is a list of some of them.

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Ackerman
Ackermann
Ackermein
Ackermon
Akkerman
Andrejewka (German)
Andreyevka (Russian)
Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky
Bilgorod-Dnistrovs'kij
Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi
Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy
Cetatea Alba
Cetatea Albă
Аккерман
Белгород-Днестровский
Білгород-Дністровський
Białogród nad Dniestrem [Polish]
Walachisch Weißenburg [German]
Ir Lavan [Hebrew]
עיר לבן

Ackerman OR Ackermann OR Ackermein OR Ackermon OR Akkerman OR Andrejewka OR Andreyevka OR "Belgorod Dnestrovskiy" OR "Belgorod Dnestrovsky" OR "Bilgorod Dnistrovs'kij" OR "Bilhorod Dnistrovs'kyi" OR "Bilhorod Dnistrovs'kyy" OR "Cetatea Alba" OR "Cetatea Albă" OR Аккерман OR "Белгород Днестровский" OR "Білгород Дністровський" OR "Białogród nad Dniestrem" OR "Walachisch Weißenburg" OR "Ir Lavan" OR עיר לבן


Ackerman, Ackermann, Ackermein, Ackermon, Akkerman, Andrejewka, Andreyevka,
Belgorod Dnestrovskiy, Belgorod Dnestrovsky, Bilgorod Dnistrovs'kij, Bilhorod Dnistrovs'kyi, Bilhorod Dnistrovs'kyy, Cetatea Alba, Cetatea Albă, Аккерман, Белгород Днестровский, Білгород Дністровський, Białogród nad Dniestrem, Walachisch Weißenburg, Ir Lavan, עיר לבן

Google Earth Imaging Map of Akkerman

Location of Akkerman (written description)

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Ukrainian: Білгород-Дністровський, transliteration: Bilhorod-Dnistrovs’kyi) is a city situated on the right bank of the Dniester Liman (on the Dniester estuary leading to the Black Sea) in the Odessa Oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, in the historical region of Bessarabia.

The city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi is also referred to by alternative transliterations from Ukrainian as Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky or Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy.

Previous settlements on the current site of the city were called Ophiusa (Οφιούσα) or Tyras (Τύρας) , also the name for the Dniester) by the ancient Greeks and Album Castrum ("White Castle") by the Romans.

The Byzantine fortress was first noted as Asperon, a name deriving from the local Turkic Pecheneg word for "white," after the appearance of the shoreline with its high content of white animal shells. The word "white" as a basis for the name of the city has persisted ever since.

Greek forms of the name were Leukopolis (Λευκόπολης), meaning "white city", Asprokastron (Ασπρόκαστρον) from Asperon, and Maurokastron (Μαύροκαστρον), ironically meaning "black castle". The latter was modified to Latin Maurocastrum and Moncastrum and, later, became Italian Moncastro or Maurocastro.

From 1503 to 1918 and 1940 to 1941, the city was known as Akkerman (Russian: Аккерман), Turkish for "white rock". From 1918 to 1940 and 1941 to 1944, the city was known by its Romanian name of Cetatea Albă, literally "white citadel" (Четатя Албэ in the Moldovan alphabet, which is no longer official). From 1944 to 1991, the city was most commomly known by its Russian name of Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy (Бе́лгород-Днестро́вский), literally "white city on the Dniester". Currently, the city is most commonly referred to by the Ukrainian version of the same name Bilhorod-Dnistrovs’kyi (Білгород-Дністровський).

The city is known by translations of "white city" or "white rock" in a number of languages including Белгород Днестровски (Belgorod-Dnestrovski) in Bulgarian, Akerman (Акерман) in Gagauz, Białogród nad Dniestrem in Polish, Dnyeszterfehérvár in Hungarian, עיר לבן (Ir Lavan) in Hebrew, and Walachisch Weißenburg by local German speakers (although Akkerman was usually used).

In western European languages, including English, the city has typically been known by the official name of the time or a transliteration derived from it.

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky acquired its status as a city in 1944.

It is situated in southwestern part of Odessa Region (Ukraine), on the right shore of Dniester Estuary, some 90 km from Odessa.

Location of Akkerman (on map)

Coordinate 46º 11' 34.64" N 30º 20' 50.94" E
Click on the map to enlarge.
Akkerman is shown as a red star at the bottom center of map.