Editing Ukraine (section)

==== Kremenchug ====
Kremenchug is a large industrial city located on the banks of the Dnieper River in Ukraine.

The Chabad community in Kremenchug is famous because of the renowned rabbis and Chassidim who lived in the city, including: Rabbi Yosef Tomerkin and Rabbi Rafalovich, the "Beralach": Reb Berel Moshe's (Drobuskin), Reb Berel Mashiyev and Reb Chaim Dober Vilensky, the Gourary brothers: Reb Shmuel Gourary, Reb Natan Gourary and Reb Menachem Mendel Gourary, and the directors of the underground yeshiva and chadarim: Reb Yisroel Noach Blinitsky and Reb Ben-Tzion Maroz. This community flourished and thrived until the Communist revolution, which caused both economic and spiritual destruction. About twenty years passed and the Nazis approached the city, and most of the community members managed to escape, while those who did not flee perished al kiddush Hashem.