Frunze

The Kolkhoz Nayveg (Yiddish for "new way") was founded as an agricultural settlement. It was also known as Frunze.

On the eve of tne German-Soviet war the Frunze Jewish community consisted of five families, with a total of 17 members.

During the first days of the Nazi occupation the German authorities forced the Jews to wear white armbands with the Star of David. Later the Germans collected the Jews in one hut and deprived them of food while exploiting them for forced labor. At night, however, local Russian villagers secretly brought them food. On February 28, 1942, 17 Frunze Jews were shot and thrown into a well about 3 kilometers north of the village. The Germans warned the local population, informing them that if they told anyone that the Jews had been shot, they themselves would be shot.

Frunze was liberated by the Red Army in 1944.