ORT Archive documents relating to Ukraine.
ORT’s early work in Ukraine spanned 1880-1938. It supported Jewish vocational schools, artisans, farmers and cooperative ventures. ORT returned to Ukraine in 1997. The ORT online archive holds reports and correspondence relating to activities between 1917 and 1934. More information on activities in Ukraine can be found in the 1935-1937 & 1998 reports submitted to World ORT's governing bodies and in the World ORT Report (formerly the ORT Yearbook). These can be found under World ORT. Our photo galleries include more from Ukraine and a brief history of ORT's activities in the country is available here.
Minutes of the agricultural board in Novo Poltavka [Novopoltavka], 5 October 1917.
Minutes of the agricultural board in Novo Poltavka [Novopoltavka], 5 October 1917.
Minutes of the first meeting. Members debated the importance of EKO's [ICA's] involvement in the activities of the land commission; discussed the plans and decisions regarding the organisation of agronomic councils; highlighted the importance of appointing instructors for consumer societies; ordered the opening of a practical gardening school; expressed a wish for EKO [ICA] to become a permanent member of the Russian Agricultural Convention; discussed compiling a plan of ameliorative actions for 1918; and provided a list of decisions and actions appointed to the members.
Creator: | ORT Ukraine |
Extent: | 8 pages |
Date: | 1917 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Novopoltavka [Novo Poltavka], Ukraine |
Pomosch Society Kamenets Podolskiy [Kamyanets Podilskyy] Basket Weaving Shop, 1920.
Pomosch Society Kamenets Podolskiy [Kamyanets Podilskyy] Basket Weaving Shop, 1920.
Report written by M. Butovsky.
Creator: | ORT USSR |
Extent: | 3 pages |
Date: | Tuesday, October 26, 1920 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Kamyanets Podilskyy, Ukraine |
ORT Bessarabia's report on activities in the shtetl of Makzyr [Manzyr?], June 1923.
ORT Bessarabia's report on activities in the shtetl of Makzyr [Manzyr?], June 1923.
The report is written by Em. Trakhtman. Reports on activities in the shtetl and on its residents, including their agricultural skills.
Creator: | ORT Bessarabia |
Extent: | 4 pages |
Date: | Friday, June 01, 1923 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Makzyr [Manzyr?], Ukraine [?] |
Report on agricultural work in Wolyn region for 1923 (up to 1 September).
Report on agricultural work in Wolyn region for 1923 (up to 1 September).
A report by agronomist Zeeman on the ORT aid to Jewish agricultural entities in Wolyn region, with statistical data.
Creator: | ORT Warsaw? |
Extent: | 3 pages |
Date: | 1923 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Ukraine |
Letter to ORT Warsaw from agronomist Zeeman, 16 December 1923.
Letter to ORT Warsaw from agronomist Zeeman, 16 December 1923.
Describes plans of work and purchase of land and equipment for agricultural colonies in Wolyn region.
Creator: | ORT Równe [Rivne; Rovno]? |
Extent: | 3 pages |
Date: | 1923 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Rivne [Rovno, Rovne, Równe], Ukraine |
Note on the Tailoring School in Chernigov [Chernihiv, Tshernigov], c. 1924.
Note on the Tailoring School in Chernigov [Chernihiv, Tshernigov], c. 1924.
Written by the school deputy. Describes the sources of funding for the school - EKO, ORT, local fundraising, charity and small subsidies. Mentions that the school has served children from the poorest segment of the Jewish population. Informs that the demand for classroom spaces always outweighs the supply, and there is always a need for clothes and food for the extremely poor students, which the Joint provides. Discusses the fact that all the profits of the workshop are invested into maintaining the school, but it needs new equipment.
Creator: | ORT Ukraine |
Extent: | 1 page |
Date: | c. 1924 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Chernihiv [Chernigov, Tshernigov], Ukraine |
Report on apprenticeship in Sarny by I. Lipshits to ORT Warsaw, 17 January 1925.
Report on apprenticeship in Sarny by I. Lipshits to ORT Warsaw, 17 January 1925.
Concerns vocational apprenticeship in Sarny [Sarni], Poland [now Ukraine]. Describes the teaching process for various groups of students, presents cultural work among them, and discusses future work.
Creator: | Vocational apprenticeship-Sarny |
Extent: | 7 pages |
Date: | 1925 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Sarny, Ukraine |
Report on vocational schools in Równe [Rivne; Rovno], 25 November 1925.
Report on vocational schools in Równe [Rivne; Rovno], 25 November 1925.
Abbreviated report by L. Frenkel. Briefly describes the work of vocational structures in Równe [Rivne; Rovno] and suggests sums of subventions.
Creator: | ORT Warsaw |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | 1925 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Rivne [Rovno, Rovne, Równe], Ukraine |
Note on the school named after Ratmansky in Kiev, 1926.
Note on the school named after Ratmansky in Kiev, 1926.
Written by school Deputy Kantorovich. The description states that the school was founded by ORT in 1921 for child survivors of pogroms. The school faced difficulties – no suitable premises and equipment – until ORT donated 40,000 rubles for refurbishment in 1923, and new equipment in 1924. Highlights the development of the school throughout the period: from one locksmith department in 1921 to 5 departments and 22 mechanical units at the time of writing.
Creator: | ORT Ukraine |
Extent: | 1 page |
Date: | 1926 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Kiev, Ukraine |
Report on the sewing school in Chernigov [now Chernihiv, Ukraine], undated.
Report on the sewing school in Chernigov [now Chernihiv, Ukraine], undated.
The report states that the school was established in 1900. Since 1917 the school has been managed by the state and supported by ORT and ICA. The children are from the poorest families. Demand for places exceeds supply. Help on food and clothing is provided by the Joint. The equipment has badly deteriorated and needs replacing.
Creator: | ORT Ukraine |
Extent: | 1 page |
Date: | Mid-late 1920s |
Language: | German |
Location: | Chernihiv [Chernigov], Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine] |
Financial Statement 1 January - 28 February 1927 - Odessa Region.
Financial Statement 1 January - 28 February 1927 - Odessa Region.
Lists interest payments received, payment advances given, debts repayed, agricultural and dairy production machinery purchases, tariffs paid, loans given, operating expenses, construction materials, hay preparation, professional training, administrative expenses. Signed by ORT USSR representative and accountant.
Creator: | ORT-USSR |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | after 28 February 1927 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Odessa, Ukraine |
Reports on agricultural colonies in Jeziorany and Stolowicze [now Stalovichy], 1927.
Reports on agricultural colonies in Jeziorany and Stolowicze [now Stalovichy], 1927.
By I. Epstein. Reports on visit and auditing accounting in the Jeziorany cooperative, discussion of loans for hops plantation; presents short narrative report on a cooperative in Stolowicze which he visited briefly.
Creator: | ORT Warsaw |
Extent: | 4 pages |
Date: | 1927 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Stalovichy, Belarus; Jeziorany, Ukraine |
Report on dairy and produce cooperative in Siedliszcze Małe, [Male Sedlishche], 1927.
Report on dairy and produce cooperative in Siedliszcze Małe, [Male Sedlishche], 1927.
By I. Epstein. Reports on visit and auditing accounting in the cooperative, presents statistical data on production output and loans; plans and needs.
Creator: | ORT Warsaw |
Extent: | 3 pages |
Date: | 1927 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Male Sedlishche, Ukraine |
Report on gardening cooperatives in Zoludzk-Olizarka, 1927.
Report on gardening cooperatives in Zoludzk-Olizarka, 1927.
By I. Epstein. Reports on visit and auditing accounting in Zoludzk-Olizarka [now Bol'shoy Zhëlutsk and Koloniya Olizarka, Ukraine]. Presents statistical data on production output and loan situation.
Creator: | ORT Warsaw |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | 1927 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Bol'shoy Zhëlutsk and Koloniya Olizarka, Ukraine |
Report on Ignatowka-Zofiowka agricultural cooperative, 1927.
Report on Ignatowka-Zofiowka agricultural cooperative, 1927.
By I. Epstein. Reports on visit and instruction in Ignatowka-Zofiowka agricultural cooperative (near Lutsk)[now Ignatovka and Zof'yuvka , Ukraine]. Presents statistical data on agricultural output and loan situation. Part of a fuller report by Epstein (see Archive Ref. d06x001).
Creator: | ORT Warsaw |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | 1927 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Ignatovka and Zof'yuvka, Ukraine |
Note on the Handicraft Industrial School in Proskurov [Khmelnytskyy], 1928.
Note on the Handicraft Industrial School in Proskurov [Khmelnytskyy], 1928.
Written by school Deputy Perlman. Explains that the school had been restructured in Autumn 1926 from a school for orphans raised in orphanages. Describes the different workshops, the lessons, and overall duration of education. The description also mentions that the education is free and students are provided with accommodation and additional financial benefits. Mentions the shortage of classrooms and equipment in workshops.
Creator: | ORT Ukraine |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | 1928 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Khmelnytskyy [Proskurov], Ukraine |
Information on Kamenets Podolskiy [Kamyanets Podilskyy] and its environs, c. 1929.
Information on Kamenets Podolskiy [Kamyanets Podilskyy] and its environs, c. 1929.
M. Butovsky lists various statistics, and reports that living conditions in the area are tough, with 2,617 people surviving thanks to money sent from relatives abroad. He describes the Pomosch Society, a mutual aid society which serves declassed populations, and is active in Kamenets Podolskiy. He reports that it has various workshops but is generally very poor. Discusses ideas to improve the situation and explains that Komzet, Vukort, ORT-Ferband and Joint had developed a plan to set up woodwork training courses in conjunction with the Pomosch Society with 12,000 rubles allocated by the Commission.
Creator: | ORT USSR |
Extent: | 6 pages |
Date: | c. 1929 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Kamyanets Podilskyy, Ukraine |
Academic report of the School of Working Youth in Chernihiv, Ukraine, September 1929.
Academic report of the School of Working Youth in Chernihiv, Ukraine, September 1929.
Textual document.
Creator: | ORT Ukraine |
Extent: | 4 pages |
Date: | 1929 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Chernihiv [Chernigov, Tshernigov], Ukraine |
Plan and estimate of the Central Board of ORT for Odessa and Pervomaisk districts, 1931.
Plan and estimate of the Central Board of ORT for Odessa and Pervomaisk districts, 1931.
The file accounts for numbers of branches, families and lands in various villages in the Odessa and Pervomaisk districts that are aided by ORT. Discusses changes in demographics of those aided by ORT, financial issues, agricultural development requirements and all other factors necessary to increase the profitability of ORT.
Creator: | ORT Ukraine |
Extent: | 11 pages |
Date: | 1931 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Odessa, Ukraine |
Report on Professional Technical courses in Dnepropetrovsk, 1931.
Report on Professional Technical courses in Dnepropetrovsk, 1931.
Outlines the demographics of the students and the structure of education, including hours, groups, subjects and attendance rate. Mentions students' interest in the subjects. Lists the sums of contributions from Joint, ORT and Help. Outlines the concerns regarding cooperation with factories, the need for equipment and refurbishment of mechanical workshops.
Creator: | ORT Ukraine |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | 1931 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Dnipropetrovs'k [Dnepropetrovsk, Dniepropetrovsk, Ekaterinoslav, Yekaterinoslav], Ukraine |
List of Smila Chervonny Artel cooperative workers, 1931.
List of Smila Chervonny Artel cooperative workers, 1931.
32 people listed, split across two corresponding lists, with age, gender, social status, and date of hire and salary in the appropriate list.
Creator: | ORT USSR |
Extent: | 1 page |
Date: | 1931 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Smila [Smela, Smiela], Ukraine |
Letter to ORT Berlin about a recent conference of ORT in Romania, 23 April 1931.
Letter to ORT Berlin about a recent conference of ORT in Romania, 23 April 1931.
Describes the participants of the conference and adopted resolutions; expresses hope for assistance.
Creator: | ORT Chernivtsi, Romania |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | 1931 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Chernivtsi [Chernovtsy, Cernăuţi, Czernowitz, Tschernovitz], Ukraine |
List of people dispatched by the Smila Aid Society to be employed as needed, 1931.
List of people dispatched by the Smila Aid Society to be employed as needed, 1931.
31 people listed, with age, gender and social status.
Creator: | ORT USSR |
Extent: | 1 page |
Date: | 1931 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Smila [Smela, Smiela], Ukraine |
Letter from ORT USSR to ORT US Smila Cooperage Factory, 1 June 1931.
Letter from ORT USSR to ORT US Smila Cooperage Factory, 1 June 1931.
Cover letter for the list of Smila Cooperage Factory workers in 1931. Explains that the factory is in the setup stage; that the full list of people will be employed once the factory is fully operative; that there will be declassed people employed too; that the 63 people on the list [d06b263] represent the requirements for one shift, so once plans to run the factory in two or three shifts are implemented, the manpower requirement will increase accordingly.
Creator: | ORT USSR |
Extent: | 1 page |
Date: | 1 June 1931 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Smila [Smela, Smiela], Ukraine |
Report on shoe-making courses in Kiev for the period January to July 1931.
Report on shoe-making courses in Kiev for the period January to July 1931.
Report on the Footwear-Mechanical Technical School named after Lekkert in Kiev. Lists the numbers of students currently enrolled, as well as those who completed education and those on probation. The students are then classed by department. Specifies the professional destinations of those who completed education and the dates of completion for current students. The report additionally includes a financial report and mentions information about the new factory. Outlines some drawbacks of the course.
Creator: | ORT Ukraine |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | 1931 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Kiev, Ukraine |
Report on the spring horticultural campaign in Kalinindorf district, 1932.
Report on the spring horticultural campaign in Kalinindorf district, 1932.
Written by horticultural instructor A. Masch. The report describes the execution and timeline of organisation of horticultural works and outlines the percentage of completion of 3 types of kitchen gardens. Additionally lists the reasons for underperformance on plans in different areas. Includes figures for various raw materials, construction materials and equipment delivered to the region and outlines the costs.
Creator: | ORT USSR |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | 1932 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Odessa, Ukraine |
Yevpatoria Meeting resolutions, 7-8 September 1932.
Yevpatoria Meeting resolutions, 7-8 September 1932.
The resolutions concern the development of craftsman businesses at the Jewish settlements in the Crimea and the south of Ukraine and describe steps to be taken, and types and sources of support to be provided.
Creator: | Yevpatoria Meeting |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | 7-8 September 1932 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Yevpatoriya [Eupatoria, Kezlev], Crimea, Ukraine |
1933 report of the Carpentry workshop and Tailoring school in Akkerman, 22 May 1934.
1933 report of the Carpentry workshop and Tailoring school in Akkerman, 22 May 1934.
Report for Akkerman [Cetatea Albă, Ir Lavan], Bessarabia, Romania [now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy, Ukraine]. Report on a printed form with tables, including information on students, learning plan, information on personnel and faculty, financial report.
Creator: | ORT Kishinev (Chisinau), Romania |
Extent: | 6 pages |
Date: | 1934 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy [Akkerman, Cetatea Albă, Ir Lavan], Ukraine |
1933 report of the Vocational Girls Day School in Chernivtsi, 14 October 1934.
1933 report of the Vocational Girls Day School in Chernivtsi, 14 October 1934.
Report for Chernivtsi [Chernovtsy, Cernăuţi, Czernowitz, Tschernovitz] on a printed form with tables, including information on students, learning plan, information on personnel and faculty, financial report.
Creator: | ORT Czernowitz (Cernauti), Romania |
Extent: | 8 pages |
Date: | 1934 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Chernivtsi [Chernovtsy, Cernăuţi, Czernowitz, Tschernovitz], Ukraine |
1933 report of the Vocational School in Chernivtsi [Czernowitz], 16 October 1934.
1933 report of the Vocational School in Chernivtsi [Czernowitz], 16 October 1934.
Report for Chernivtsi [Chernovtsy, Cernăuţi, Czernowitz, Tschernovitz] on a printed form with tables, including information on students, learning plan, information on personnel and faculty, financial report.
Creator: | ORT Czernowitz (Cernauti), Romania |
Extent: | 8 pages |
Date: | 1934 |
Language: | Yiddish |
Location: | Chernivtsi [Chernovtsy, Cernăuţi, Czernowitz, Tschernovitz], Ukraine |
Letter from Fryderyk Ejdis to ORT Paris re Birobidzhan relocation, 18 June 1936.
Letter from Fryderyk Ejdis to ORT Paris re Birobidzhan relocation, 18 June 1936.
Mr Ejdis from Kremenets requests assistance in transferring money and providing documents required to obtain a passport necessary for relocation to Birobidzhan.
Creator: | Fryderyk Ejdis, Krements |
Extent: | 2 pages |
Date: | Thursday, June 18, 1936 |
Language: | Russian |
Location: | Kremenets [Krzemieniec, Kremenitz], Ukraine |