Avdeyevka Pervaya

The village of Avdeyevka Pervaya was established in 1884. In 1919, the local Jews suffered from pogroms, which were perpetrated by Anton Denikin's Volunteer Army. In 1926, there were forty-six Jews living in Avdeyevka, and the 1939 census recorded thirty-nine Jews in the village. Avdeyevka was occupied by German troops on October 21, 1941. The Jews of Avdeyevka and the nearby village of Novoselovka were shot in two murder operations in January and March 1942. Avdeyevka was liberated by the Red Army on September 8, 1943. In 1956, the two neighboring villages, Avdeyevka Pervaya and Avdeyevka Vtoraya, merged and became the town of Avdeyevka.