In the city of Uman in the Cherkasy region, the authorities will be stepping up security measures starting Monday, 23 September. As in previous years, a special regime of entry and exit and movement of citizens will be in place. This was announced by the head of the Cherkasy Regional Military Administration, Ihor Taburets, Komersant ukrainskyi
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Vehicles will be banned from entering:
- from the highway 30 house. Uman, to Derevyanka Street (base of Standard Construction LLC);
- from the road-motorway 30 to the house. Uman, on Horikhova Street;
- from the village of Rodnykivkad. Uman, on Pavlova Street.
Vehicular traffic will be controlled with enhanced control regime on the following streets:
- entrance from the M-30 motorway to Uman, to Derevianka Street;
- entrance from the motorway M-05 to the city of Uman, to Internatsionalna Street;
- entrance from the village of Horodetske (Palanska territorial community) to Uman, at the intersection of Horodetska Street and Maksyma Zalizniak Street;
- entrance from the M-30 motorway to Uman, on Mykhailivska Street;
- entrance from the M-30 motorway to Uman on Vokzalna Street;
- entrance from the village of Rodnykivka (Palanska territorial community) to the city of Uman, on Kyivska Street;
- at the entrance from the M-05 Kyiv-Odesa motorway to Uman, on Vyzvolyteliv Street, for Hasidim only.
The OVA also reminded that the sale of alcoholic beverages, fireworks, and pyrotechnics is prohibited in the pilgrimage area.
Taburets urged people to treat all events with understanding, explaining that it was necessary for security reasons.
In 2024, the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, will be celebrated from 2 to 4 October, but pilgrims are expected as early as September.
Every year, tens of thousands of Jews who profess one of the streams of Judaism, Hasidism, make a pilgrimage to Uman, where the grave of the founder of Bratslav Hasidism, Tzadik Nachman, who lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is located. The pilgrimage is timed to coincide with the celebration of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, which this year is celebrated from 2 to 4 October.
The Hasidim believe that if they celebrate Rosh Hashanah at the grave of Tzadik Nachman, the next year will be very happy for them.