After all these horrors the Jewish population had to go through a second pogrom on May 31, at the hands of the 7th Sumsky regiment, which finished the plundering of the Jewish population. In this new pogrom it is characteristic that: 1. Jewish Red soldiers of the 7th regiment took active part in it; 2. Not only were people robbed in their houses, but they were stripped in the streets and in the synagogues; 3. The attack was perpetrated on Saturday.
. List of Victims Who Perished During the Raid of Grigorievist Bands in the Villages near Gorodische
Village of Khlystunovka, 7 versts from Gorodische:
Killed, L. Bylr ky, 55 years old, small trader, with three sons. Four Jews in Killed.
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Village of Viazovok, 12 versts from Gorodische:
Killed, Kh. Rabinovich, 24 years, inhabitant of the village of Svinarka. Was visiting in Viazovok.
. Proclamation of Commissar Onischenko, May 13[ Town of Gorodische, Government of Kiev
All the Jewish population are ordered to hand in all weapons by 8 P.M. Disobedience to this order will be judged by laws of wartime.
COMMISSAR ONISCHENKO.
May 12, 1919. Original in Ukrainian language.
. Proclamation of Commissar Onischenko, May 15 Town of Gorodische
I order all Jewish shops to be opened at once.
COMMISSAR ONISCHENKO. May 15, 1919. Original in Ukrainian language.
F ORLOVETZ ( F KIEV)
On May 12, towards evening, three horsemen rode into the village from Smela (they were inhabitants of Orlovetz) with cries of "Kill the Jews," "Save Russia." The local Executive Committee arrested them, but in an hour or two they were released, and, together with a gang of peasants who joined them, started to wreck Jewish shops. On May 13 the plunderers attacked Jewish houses. Now all the Russian population came to their aid. Everything was carried off in carts. When the houses were completely stripped bare, and when by all manner of extortion even their money savings had been collected from the Jews, then they started to destroy the houses and shops completely. The shutters, doors, windows, iron from the roofs, etc., were taken out. They hunted for money in the most determined way, tore up the floors, dug up the earth in the barns, cellars and yards, broke open ovens. And even now it is still going on, only a more quiet pillaging; everything is removed. The summation of the pogrom is two killed, one wounded, sixty houses and 25 shops in all plundered.
The village of Orlovetz is situated about 50 versts to the southwest of Cherkassy, about 35 versts to the west of Smela, several versts from Gorodische, on the railroad from Shpola to Fastov. About 16,500 inhabitants, among them about 350-400 Jews (60 families).
TOWN OF STAVISCHE ( F KIEV)
Pogrom of June 5-15, 1919 Testimony of a Refugee, Taken Down by S. Y. Maizlish
The town of Stavische, canton of Tarascha, government of Kiev, is located 30 versts from Tarascha. It has approximately fifteen to eighteen thousand inhabitants; approximately 1,000 Jewish families.
Early in 1919 there was organized in the town a detachment under the leadership of a certain Zemnevsky, who supported the Soviet regime. This detachment was small, about forty to fifty men, and it preserved order in the town. Later, when the Grigorievist uprising occurred, the detachment departed for Tarascha.