One set of 17 Jewish Ukrainian colonies, the "central" colonies
of which being 2 to 30 km from others, was established in 1848, about 80
km/50miles northwest of the city of Mariupol, a port on the Sea of Azov.
My father was born in Grafskoy, one of these colonies, and I would like to
exchange information with others who have an interest in these colonies
and colonists. I have at least snippets of information about the following
colonies/towns [location] and the associated FAMILY NAMES about which I
also have knowledge of contemporary descendants. In the case of ****FAMILY
NAMES**** delimited by asterisks, I have knowledge of the town of
residence but no knowledge of decendants.

Novozlatopol/Pervenumer, Jewish Colony No. 1 [E 36o 33', N 47o 49']
GLEZERMAN, KAHGAN/KEGAN, KOVNAT, LEV, LIPSHUTS, SVIRSKY, WISEMAN,
USHKATZ/USHER, ZMOOD
****AMANUEL, BELYAEV, BERZIGAL, BROZGOL, BUROV, BUTELKIN, EIDINZON,
GODOS, GUREVICH, DRUYAN, IORSH, KABO, KLEINERMAN, KUPESOK, LEVIN, LEKUS,
LOTSOV, LYBAN, MABA, MALINOER, MALTS, MARGALIT, MARGOLIN, MEDVED, MITSMAN,
OLKHOV, PALITSKI, PENCHUK, PRIPIS, RUTMAN, RUTSHTEIN, SIGAL, FAINVEITS,
SHPITSNODEL, SHCHUER, SHCHULKIR, TSIBLYA, TSIRKIN, VORKEL, YANUAR,
ZLATOKRILETS, ZOGOT****

Vesselaya/Hoopolov, Jewish Colony No. 2 [N 47o 41', E 36o 36']
MOROZOV/MORRIS, ZABRODSKI/BRODY,
**** BAEVSKI, BALONOV, BOLSHINSKI, GLIKIN, GUSHLITS, DON, DRUYAN,
IOSLEAS, KIRPIN, KLAGLYA, LITIGIN, LONAREV, MALAMED, MOZNAIM, MOMARKIN,
RASKIN, ROSAS, KHLEBNIK, SHAPIRO, ZADOV****

Krasnoselka/Dritnumer, Jewish Colony No. 3 [E 36o 33', N 47o 37']
AMITON, EZERETS, GOLOSOV, KOVNAT, LUBAN, NIEHAUSEN//NEWHOUSE
****ABRAGAMOV, AGUF, ALTGOVZEN, ANA, BROZGOL, BUKMUN, BULSHTEIN, CHARFAS,
CHERTKOV, FAINSHTEIN, FELDMAN, FRIDLAND, GORDON, GOKHMAN, GRESKAN,
GUREVICH, DEGLIN, IOFIS, LEV, LEVIN, LEGOVA, LIFSHITS, MOSNAIM, OSHIR,
REINGEVIRTS, SAPIR, SOLEC, USHATS, TSIMER, VAISMAN****

Mezherich/Fertnumer, Jewish Colony No. 4 [N 47o 37', E 36o 25']
ROTENFELD, TSOPIK

Trudoliubovka/Engels, Jewish Colony No. 5 [N 47o 28', E 36o 44']
(destroyed in a Dec 24, 1918 pogrom)
NAMAKSHTANSKY/NAMAK, SHLAKHTER, ZIPURSKY
****ABRAMOVICH, BTAT, BER, LEVINS, TOVIS, GIRSH, GOLDSHMID, GOLONSKI,
ISTKOVICH, KAGAN, KAZINTSOV, MOL, RABINOVICH, RUBIN, SHECHTER,
TSIRULNIKOV, SEIFERS, YOLOVS****

Nachaevaka/Peness/Gorki, Jewish Colony No. 6 [N 47o 29', E 36o 44']
GORDON, SHNOOKAL

Grafskoy/Proletarsky, Jewish Colony No. 7 [E 36o 49', N 47o 31']
BRUSER, GOLUS/HALLIS, JUDELSON, KOMISARUK/KOMESAROFF, ROKOVICH, VINIK, SHER
****FREEDMAN, GORDON****

Priyutnaya/Takni, Jewish Colony No. 8 [N 47o 43', E 36o 40']
YELESHEVICH
****AVERBUKH, BINDER, BLINKOV, BORUKHMAN, BUTSIN, DEDINSKI, DIBIN,
IZRAELIT, IOFE, KIS, KHAIT, KHURIN, MININ, MOSIN, MOSTOVSKI, NEVLER,
NITTS, OVERSHTEIN, PERELMAN, PLATON, RIVKIND, RISOV, SORKIN, TOMSINSKI,
TSADKIN, SHEER, YUKHNIKOV, YALI****

Zelenopole/Meeadler, Jewish Colony No. 12 [E 36o 50', N 47o 33']
GORDON, SVIDLER, ZIPURSKY

Nadezhnaya/Der Vilner, Jewish Colony No. 13 [N 47o 35', E 36o 51']

Kobilnye/Sladkovodnaya [N 47o 33', E 36o 45']
POGORELSKY, SOROKIN, WINNIKOVSKY/WINNIKOFF/WEINKLE

Bogodarovka/Novodarovka/Kovilevsk [N 47o 47', E 36o 38']
****AZARKHI, ASRIELI, BELINSKI, BRISKOVSKI, BRUKMAN, VILINOV, VITKOV,
ELKIN, HELPERIN, GORONIN (HORONIN?), DREVIN, DUBROV, ERSOV, FRUMIN, KAGAN,
KADKOVSKI, KATKOV, KHAVKIN, KHANOVICH, KOZINSKI, LOMONOSONOK, MEZEV,
PINSON, PIPKIN, REKANT, STAIKIN, SIGALOV, FRUMIN, KHAVKIN, KHANOVICH,
TSIGANOV, SHLEPCHENOK, SHNOL, SHOGALOV, SHCHULMAN, SHCHEDRINSKI,
TRUBKIN****

Roskoshnaya/Glushkes [N 47o 45', E 36o 40']

Gorkaya/Nazarevitch/Olgofskoy [N 47o 44', E 36o 41']
GURBANOV, YELISHEVITCH, GUTKIN
****ARSHINOV, ASINOVSKI, BELYANSKI, BLYAKH, BODNA, BOROK, FREIDENZON,
GIMEL (HIMEL?), GORDON, GORYANSKI, GUREVICH, DROZD, ELIOSOF, ZELBET,
ZLATKIN, KANTSAN, KLEIMAN, KROZ, LEMKOV, LOMOVSKI, MEYEROV, MOGARAM,
OLEVSAN, PAIKIN, PERELMAN, PLINSKI, RAKHMAN, SVERDLOV, SERKHEL,
SLADKOV****

Zatishe/Bakhers [N 47o 32', E 37o 25']

Rovnopol/Lates [N 47o 32', E 37o 15']

Khlebodaravka/Suntsove [N 47o 28', E 37o 24']

Non-Jewish villages and towns --
Marienfeld/Marinpol, German Colony No. 26 [N 47o 30', E 36o 50'] A German
agricultural colony near Grafskoy, where Jews of the region took refuge
during pogroms in 1881, 1905 and 1918

Gottland/Marionovka, German Colony No. 13, [N 47o 25', E 36o 52' ]
MALOTSKY

Ludvistahl/Karla Leibknekta, German Colony No. 18 [N 47o 32', E 36o 57']
SACKS

Grunau/Luxemburg, German Colony No. 6 [N 47o 24', E 37o 4']
****BUNKUSE, MIROPOLSKY, MORKIN****

Gaichul/Hichur/Novoukrainka [E 36o 40' N 47o 26']
STEIN
****YALLOW***

A Russian town near Novozlatopol
VOLOKHOV/WOLOCHOW

Rozovka [N 47o 23' E 37o 4'] (a railway town that also had a flour mill)
GOLDBERG

Mariupol [N 47o 7', E 37o 35'] (A port city on the Sea of Azov)
KOGONOW, KOMESAROFF/KOMISARUK, USHKATZ/USHER, ZMOOD

Andreyevka [N 47o 6', E 36o 36']
GOLOSOFF, KOMESAROFF/KOMISARUK, ZMOOD

Berdyansk [N 46o 45', E 36o 48']
GOLOSOFF, SEGALNITSKY/SEGAL, MALOTSKY

Yuzovka/Donetsk/Stalino [N 47o 58', E 37o 57']
GOLOSOFF

Gulaipole [N 47o 40', E 36o 15'] A market town
AMITON

Blagoveshenka, [N 47o 17', E36o 47']
WINNIKOVSKY/WEINKLE

Tokmak [N 47o, 16', E 35o 42']
ZABRODSKY/BRODY, KOMISARUK, SHLAKTER

Reichenfeld/Raykhenfeld/Shirokoye (A German colony) [N 47o 10', E 35o 19']
NAIMAN