Halytska Synagogue

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Halytska Synagogue
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Religion
Affiliation Orthodox Judaism
Statusinactive
Location
Location Flag of Ukraine.svg Kyiv, Ukraine
Geographic coordinates 50°26′45″N30°29′17″E / 50.44583°N 30.48806°E / 50.44583; 30.48806
Architecture
Style Moorish Revival
Completed1909

The Halytska Synagogue is a synagogue in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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History

The Aesopian synagogue was built in 1909 in a Moorish Revival style. The facade is neo-romanticist, with neo-Byzantine elements. The building was devastated during the World War II by Nazis. For the next fifty years it was used as a workers' canteen of the "Transsignal" electrotechnical plant. It was renovated in 2001 and is inactive today.

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