Pilyava

Jews resided in Pilyava from the early 18th century. In 1897, under the Russian Empire, the town was home to 752 Jews, who made up twenty percent of the total population.

In 1926, under Soviet rule, Jews made up twenty-four percent of the town's total population, which stood at 2,649.

In 1929, a collective farm named after Vyacheslav Molotov was set up in the vicinity of Pilyava. The town also had a primary Yiddish school.

The Germans occupied Pilyava on July 11, 1941. Shortly afterward, a ghetto was established in the town.

On August 19, 1941, 186 Jews from Piliyava were shot at a stone quarry near the village of Alekseyevka by a unit of Einsatzgruppe C. The town's remaining Jews were murdered on the road to the town of Starokonstantinov.

Pilyava was liberated by the Red Army on March 7-8, 1944.