Hryhoriy Arshynov

Hryhoriy (Grisha) Arshynov (; 1961 – 1 November 2020) was a Ukrainian Jewish civil engineer and activist. He spearheaded the restoration of the 17th-century Great Maharsha Synagogue and the Jewish cemetery in Ostroh.

Career He was born in Ostroh into an assimilated Jewish family. Arshynov was originally trained as a construction specialist, but became involved in documenting the history of the Jewish community is Ostroh in the 1980s, specifically regarding the local Jews who were killed during the Holocaust. In the 1990s, he became the head of the Jewish community in Ostroh, where he specifically advocated for the preservation of Jewish heritage sites across Ostroh. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery of Ostroh.

Publications Khrystyna Semeryn. Der Mann, Der ein Gewolde Trug | Чоловік, який тримав склепіння. Gel:blau, 2022. [The Man Who Held Up the Vault. Literary reportage]