Torgovitsa

Torgovitsa was a small village in Uman County in the Kiev District. In 1939, it became a part of the Kirovograd District. In 1897 the Jewish population of Torgovitsa was 1,299 or 35 percent of the total. The village was occupied by German troops in early August 1941. Most of the Jews were shot in the winter of 1942 in the vicinity of the village, on the road to Podvysokoye. Some Jews were also shot in the nearby village of Peregonovka. Torgovitsa was liberated by the Red Army in mid-March 1944.