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- 1 2 Meir, Natan M. (2010). Kyiv, Jewish Metropolis: A History, 1859-1914. Indiana University Press. p. 172. ISBN 9780253222077.
- ↑ Levin, Vladimir (2010). "A Historical Overview". Synagogues in Lithuania. A Catalogue. Vol. I. Vilnius Academy of Arts Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-9955-854-60-9.
- ↑ Vladimir Levin (2020). "Reform or Consensus? Choral Synagogues in the Russian Empire". Arts. 9: 1–49. doi: 10.3390/arts9020072 .
