Synagogue (Kyiv)

Ukraine / Kyyiv / Kiev / Kyiv / vulytsia Shchekavytska, 29
 synagogue, 1895_construction

The Aesopian synagogue was built in 1895. It was designed in Neo-Moorish style by Nikolay Gordenin. Gabriel Yakob Rozenberg, a merchant, financed the building. In 1915 the building was reconstructed by Valerian Rykov. The reconstruction was financed by Vladimir Ginzburg, a nephew of Rozenberg.

In 1929, the synagogue was closed. During the German occupation of Kiev in World War II, the Nazis converted the building into a horse stable.

Since 1945, the building has again been used as a synagogue. In 1992, Yaakov Bleich was appointed rabbi of the Jewish community of Kiev and chief rabbi of Ukraine.
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Coordinates:   50°28'14"N   30°30'43"E

Comments

  • Очень красивое строение, которое евреи постоянно реставрируют и достраивают
  • zdes vsegda poluchali matsu, no pod bolshim secretom. shtobi antisemiti ne videli. i zhrali eyo tozhe, pod podushkoy
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