supported by the UCF

Odesa Cossack Crosses

Digital-first research of historical burials

Cossack cross and gravestone of the Kuialnyk cemetery — 3D model

About the project

The project aims to research, document and bring renewed attention to the stone Cossack crosses of the Kuialnyk cemetery in Odesa as important evidence of the Ukrainian presence in the South and as part of the national memorial culture.

We want to prevent further deterioration of the burials, inventory all the crosses and gravestones, and create a convenient data-processing platform for everyone interested in this site.

210: crosses surveyed
85: described in the database
10: holograms
45: 3D models
50: crosses photo-documented

Digital platform

Methodology Database structure Metadata Partners

The open cross-sectoral platform brings together research, digital copies of objects, metadata, visualisations and access tools for researchers and a wider audience.

In 3D digitisation projects, a single cultural heritage object is usually represented not by one file but by a whole set of interrelated data types. Treating the 3D model alone as “the object itself” is not enough. What is needed is a coherent information ecosystem covering all related data and metadata.

Repox platform interface: object record with metadata and a 3D model viewer

Get access to a unique cloud database of research on the Kuialnyk cemetery: Metadata provide context and record provenance. Raw capture data preserve complete information about the original acquisition. Processed 3D outputs are only one of the object’s final representations. Text documentation records the process, methods and interpretations. Supporting images, video and audio deepen the understanding of the object and its condition.

Repox platform interface: list of data streams for a single object — 3D models, textures, documents

The aim of our research is to inventory and describe all the crosses, so that no damaged or fallen cross is left to crumble away with nobody knowing where it came from.

To this end, we have created a metadata system that anyone with access to the platform can use to describe a cultural heritage object and help preserve it:

Year of burial, Name and surname, Inscription, Form typology, Cross dimensions, Slab dimensions, Annotations, Renders, Photo documentation from 5 angles, AO availability, Presence in Shuvalov’s catalogue, Map ID, Link to the website, Sketchfab, Europeana and other platforms where the models are published.

Cossack crosses of the Kuialnyk necropolis in the Europeana catalogue, published by Pixelated Realities PO

Pixelated Realities, in partnership with the Greek platform Repox.io by Talent S.A, have launched the international project “Cross-sectoral Platform for Research on Cossack Crosses of Odesa” with the support of the UCF. The new joint initiative of the two organisations aims to fill the Repox database with information about 85 Cossack crosses of the Kuialnyk cemetery.

With Repox, researchers will be able to access the cloud database, view all the data and comment on it. Together we will thus be able to describe all the crosses and monitor their condition over time.

To the database

Repox platform interface: database search with filters by object type

Interactive map of the Kuialnyk cemetery

Placement zones and form typology of crosses with inscriptions and carvings

I-003 ЕВДОКІЯ 1902

[… АЧОВА]

Inscription

ЗДЕСЬ

ПОКОИТСЯ

РАБА БОЖИЯ

ЕВДОКІЯ

[… АЧОВА]

1902 го

Typology

Прямий (грецький)

Year
1902

Zone
I

Map number
3

Record
I-050 Л 1922

Inscription

1922

Л … …

Typology

Камінь хрестоподібний

Year
1922

Zone
I

Map number
47
II-004 II-004

Typology

Хрест лапчастий на плиті

Zone
II

Map number
113
II-019 ЛУКА 1898

ЛАБУ[СУВЪ]

Inscription

ЗДЕ

СЬ ОПОЧИВАЄТ

РАБЪ БОЖЙИ ЛУКА

ЛАБУ

[СУВЪ]

1898 ЕИ МЯ (?)

Typology

Складний комбінований хрест: прямий хрест із сяйвом та якорем на Голгофі

Year
1898

Zone
II

Map number
93

Record
II-023 ПЕТРО 1818

Inscription

ІИСУСЪ

ЗДƐСЬ

СПОЧИВАЮ

ЦА

МЛАНДƐН

ПЕТРО. На голівці дата – 1818

Typology

Прямий (грецький)

Year
1818

Zone
II

Map number
106

Record
II-028 II-028

Inscription

1211

XIV

Typology

Хрест трилистий

Zone
II

Map number
105

Record
II-031 УСТИНЬ 1882

Inscription

1882 ГО

ДА ЗДЕСЪ

ОПОЧЕВАЕТЪ РАБ

А БОЖА УСТИНЬ

Typology

Прямий (грецький) з сяйвом на якорі

Year
1882

Zone
II

Map number
151

Record
II-038 II-038

Typology

Прямий хрест з променями

Zone
II

Map number
161

Record
II-052 М.А.ВОРОНЦОВ 1924

Inscription

ЗДО

ПОКОЙЦ

ПРАХ М А

ВОРОНЦОВ

р 1856 с 1924.

Typology

Обелиск з трилистим хрестом

Year
1924

Zone
II

Map number
165

Record
II-069 АКЪСЕНТЙ 1817

Inscription

ЗДЕСЬ ЛЕЖИТЪ

РАБА : БОЖИ : АКЪ

СЕНТЙ : 1817 : ЇЮНѦ

29

ДНѦ

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1817

Zone
II

Map number
185

Record
II-073 А Н 1906

Inscription

1906

А Н

Typology

Прямий (грецький)

Year
1906

Zone
II

Map number
190
II-074 ДОМ / НІКІѦ

ЦА[Р]ИЦА

Inscription

ЗД…ОПОЧИВАЄТЬ

РАБА … ДОМ

НІКІѦ ЦА[Р]ИЦА.

Typology

Хрест прямий з променями

Zone
II

Map number
189

Record
II-075 ДАНИЛО 1821

НАЗ…КЪ

Inscription

ЗДЕСЬ ЛЕЖИТЪ

РАЗБОЙНИК УБИТЫЙ

В 1821

ГОДУ

РАБ БОЖИИ

ДАНИЛО НАЗ…КЪ

Typology

Трилистий

Year
1821

Zone
II

Map number
201

Record
II-078 ИОАНЪ И ГРИГОРІИ 1840

ШМИГОРИ

Inscription

1840 ГОДА

ЗДЕСЪ О

ПОЧИВАЮ

ТЬ МЛАЦИ

ИОАНЪ И ГРИГО

РІИ ШМИГОРИ

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1840

Zone
II

Map number
196

Record
II-083 ИОАНЪ 1791

Inscription

ЗДСЪ ПО

ГРЕБНЪ

РАБЪ

БОЖИ

ІН ХС

МЛДЕНЦЪ ИОАНЪ

РОКУ БОЖІЯ

1791

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1791

Zone
II

Map number
193

Record
II-084 ЄВЪДОКІ… 1812

ЛЫСОГУРС : КОІ

Inscription

ПОД : СИМЪ : КРЄСТОМЪ : СПОЧЫВѦЄТЪ : ТЕЛО : РѦ: БЫ БОЖЕИ : ЄВЪДОКІ … ЛЕТЬ 2

ПРЕДСТА

ВИСѦ

МАРТА 22

ДНѦ 1812 ГО

Typology

Лапчастий на плиті

Year
1812

Zone
II

Map number
147
II-088 ЄВЪДОКІ… 1812

ЛЫСОГУРС : КОІ

Inscription

ПОД : СИМЪ : КРЄСТОМЪ : СПОЧЫВѦЄТЪ : ТЕЛО : РѦ: БЫ БОЖЕИ : ЄВЪДОКІ … ЛЕТЬ 2

ПРЕДСТА

ВИСѦ

МАРТА 22

ДНѦ 1812 ГО

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1812

Zone
II

Map number
199

Record
III-001 АНФТИМЪ 1824

СИНЪ МАРКА СОТНИЧЄНКА

Inscription

ВОСЛАВУ БОГА ХРИСТА

ЗДЕСЬ СПОЧИВАЄ МЛАДЄНЇЦЪ

АНФТИМЪ СИНЪ МАРКА

СОТНИ

ЧЄНКА

АВУСТА 21

1824 ГОДА

Typology

Трилистий

Year
1824

Zone
III

Map number
195

Record
III-003 ИОАНЪ

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

СПОЧИВАЄ

ЛЮБИМОЙ СИНОЧОКЪ

РАБЪ БОЖІИ ИОАНЪ

Typology

Лапчасто-прямий хрест

Zone
III

Map number
203

Record
III-004 III-004

Typology

Лапчастий з надгробком

Zone
III

Map number
204
III-024 НАСТАСІѦ 1807

ИВАНА КАЛЄНІК

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

УПОЧИ

ВАЄТЪ РАБА БОЖАѦ НАСТА

СІѦ ИВА

НА КАЛЄНІКА ЖЕ

НА УМЄ

РЛА 1807

Typology

Лапчастий з якорем

Year
1807

Zone
III

Map number
231

Record
III-029 III-029

Typology

Хрест прямий з сяйвом на плиті

Zone
III

Map number
221
III-036 ФЕДОСѣѦ 1855

ЖИНА ЮФИМА ОСАЧЕНКА

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

ОПОВ

АЄ РАБА БОЖИѦ

ФЕДОСѣѦ ЖИНА

ЮФИМА

ОСАЧЕНКА

СПОКОИЛАСѦ

1855 ГО

ХВ

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1855

Zone
III

Map number
224

Record
III-040 ЄФРАСИНЇИ 1856

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

ПОГРЄБ

ЄННОЄ ТЕЛО МЛА

НДЄНЦѣ БОЖІѦ

ЄФРАСИНЇИ

СПОКОИ

ЛАСѦ

1856

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1856

Zone
III

Map number
226

Record
IV-001 В П 1922

Inscription

1922

В П

Typology

Камінь хрестоподібний

Year
1922

Zone
IV

Map number
48
IV-005 IV-005

Typology

Хрест трилистий з якорем

Zone
IV

Map number
53
IV-007 IV-007

Typology

Хрест прямий з сяйвом та якорем на плиті

Zone
IV

Map number
55
IV-014 IV-014

Typology

Хрест георгіївський з якорем на плиті

Zone
IV

Map number
63
IV-016 IV-016

Typology

Хрест лапчастий з перекладиною на плиті

Zone
IV

Map number
66
IV-033 ИОАНЪ 1810

Inscription

ІС ХС

НИКА

ЗДЄСЬ

ОПОЧИВАЄ РА

БЪ БОЖА ИОАНЪ

Typology

Прямий (грецький)

Year
1810

Zone
IV

Map number
125B

Record
IV-042 ФТОМА 1850

ГУРТНЕНКО

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

СПОЧИВАЄ РАБЪ

БОЖИ АТОМАН …

ТНЕНКО

ДИКАБРЯ 18

1850 ГО

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1850

Zone
IV

Map number
145

Record
IV-048 БАРТКО І МАРКО 1861

Inscription

ЗДЕСЬ РАБИ

БОЖИ ПОГРЕБ

НИ БАРТКО

И МАРКО

186..18

86

ІН ХС.

Typology

Лапчастий козацький хрест

Year
1861

Zone
IV

Map number
123
IV-050 ЕРИНА 1811

Inscription

ИН ЦИ

ЗДЕСЪ

ІИ СПОЧИВАЕ РАБ ХС

БОЖА ЕРИНА

1811 ГОДА

ДЕКАБРА

Typology

Прямий (грецький)

Year
1811

Zone
IV

Map number
146

Record
V-001 СЄМЕНЪ 1898

ГАНМЄРИНКО

Inscription

ЗДЕС

СЄМЕНЪ

ГАНМЄРИН

КО

ПО

ЧОВАЄ. На звороті дата – 1898

Typology

Складний комбінований прямий хрест із сяйвом на підставці (Голгофа?). В основі хреста – якір з перекладиною

Year
1898

Zone
V

Map number
243

Record
V-013 ИРЫНА 1842

ЖИНА ФИДОРА САВЧЕНК

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

СОПОЧЄВАЄ

РАБА БОЖИѦ

ИРЫНА

1842

ЖИНА

ФИДОРА

САВЧЕНК

Typology

Трилистий з якорем

Year
1842

Zone
V

Map number
248

Record
V-025 ГРІГОРЄЙ 1842?

ЗМѣЄВЕН

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

СОПОЧЄВАЄ РАБ

БОЖІИ ГРІГОРЄЙ

ЗМѣЄВЕН

1842? ГО

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1842?

Zone
V

Map number
273

Record
V-026 ДИМИТРЄИ 1854

СИНЪ НИКОЛАЯ ЗМѢЄВСКАГО

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

1854 ГО

ОПОЧИВАЮТЪ МЛА

МЛАНДЕЦЪ : БОЖИЙ

ДИМИ

ТРЄИ

СИНЪ Н

ИКОЛАЯ ЗМ

ѢЄВСКАГО

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1854

Zone
V

Map number
274

Record
V-027 АННА 1855

ДОЧЪ ЗѣНОВЄѦ ВАЛАРИНЄЄВА

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

СПОЧИВАЄ

МЛАДЕНИЦА БОЖА АННА

ДОЧЪ ЗѣНОВЄѦ ВАЛАРИНЄЄВА

ОПОКОИЛАСѦ ИЮЛѦ

НОВИЙ

5 ДНЯ

1855 ГОДА

Typology

Георгіївський на якорі

Year
1855

Zone
V

Map number
277

Record
V-028 СТЄПАНЪ 1861

МЛЦ ЄЛИЗАРОВА

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

УПОЧИ

РАБЪ БОЖІИ

СЫНЪ СТЄПАНЪ

МЛЦ ЄЛИЗАРОВА УМЕРЪ

1861 ГО

Typology

Лапчастий козацький хрест

Year
1861

Zone
V

Map number
276

Record
V-029 V-029

Typology

Хрест прямий з сяйвом на плиті

Zone
V

Map number
275
V-030 ИРЫНА И АНДРЄИ 1850

Inscription

ЗДЕС[Ь]

СОПОЧИВАЮТЬ

МЛАНДЄЦѣ : БО

ЖЇИ : ИРЫНА : И

АНДРЄИ

1850 ГО

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1850

Zone
V

Map number
272

Record
V-032 ЄГОРПИНА 1856

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

СПОЧИВАЄ ОТРО

КОВИЦА БОЖА ЄГО

РПИНА СПОКОІЛАСѦ 1856 ГО

Typology

Лапчастий

Year
1856

Zone
V

Map number
269

Record
V-036 ХРТИНА 1854

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

ОПОЧИВАЄ РАБА

БОЖА ХРТИНА

ПОКОИЛАСѦ

1854 Г

Typology

Георгіївський на якорі

Year
1854

Zone
V

Map number
266

Record
V-040 ФЕДЕРЪ И МАРІѦ

Inscription

ЗДЕСЪ

СОПОЧИВА

ЮТЪ

МЛАДЄНЦИ

БОЖІЄ

ФЕДЕРЪ

И МАРІѦ

Typology

Лапчастий козацький хрест

Zone
V

Map number
253

Record

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Crosses of Kuialnyk — a printed bilingual edition with holograms

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Please fill in this form if you would like to receive the interactive album «Crosses of Kuialnyk». The album is distributed to everyone interested, and in particular within the research community, the cultural and creative industries, and the civic and public sector.

The number of available copies is limited. Copies are sent in the order requests are received. Once the first print run is out, applicants are added to the waiting list for the second run.

The interactive album «Crosses of Kuialnyk» is produced within the project «Cross-sectoral platform for researching the Cossack crosses of Odesa», implemented by Pixelated Realities PO in partnership with REPOX from TALENT S.A. with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.

Media

In 2026 the interactive album “Crosses of Kuialnyk” is published in print for the first time, in Ukrainian and English. The set includes holograms and a holographic pyramid, a sticker pack and postcards, and an enclosed map for visiting the site.

Cover of the interactive album “Crosses of Kuialnyk” — front and back spread

Album with holograms

Spread of the Kuialnyk crosses catalogue: the 1791 cross with its inscription and QR codes

Postcards

Page of the Kuialnyk crosses catalogue with the 1791 cross

Sticker pack

Printed plan of the Kuialnyk necropolis marking the surveyed crosses, gravestones and relief

Printed map

Team

Experts

Fedir Boitsov

Alik Kadoum

Inga Ioanno

Dmytro Dokunov

Oleksandr Levytskyi

Angelina Gerasymenko

Dmytro Zhdanov

Volodymyr Nemertsalov

Ivan Schurko

Roman Malenkov

Oksana Kuznetsova

Project partners

The project is implemented with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation

The international project “Cross-sectoral Platform for Research on Cossack Crosses of Odesa” is implemented by Pixelated Realities PO in partnership with REPOX from TALENT S.A. with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. The platform’s technology solution is Repox Store — a digital system for preserving, structuring, describing and publishing cultural heritage data, provided by the partner for the implementation of the project. • Pixelated Realities PO — initiator and implementer of the project. • Talent S.A. / Repox — technology partner for the digital platform and cloud infrastructure.