List of synagogues in Ukraine

Last updated March 21, 2022

This List of synagogues in Ukraine contains active, otherwise used and destroyed synagogues in Ukraine. In all cases the year of the completion of the building is given. Italics indicate an approximate date.

Location	Oblast	Name	Built	Destroyed	Remarks	Picture
Alushta	Republic of Crimea	Alushta Synagogue		2007–2008
Belz	Lviv	Belz Old Synagogue
Belz	Lviv	Belz New Synagogue	1843	1950s
Berdyansk	Zaporizhzhia	Berdyansk Synagogue
Berdychiv	Zhytomyr	Berdychiv Choral Synagogue	1850
Berehove	Zakarpattia	Great Synagogue	1890		closed in 1959, covered by concrete shell and used as theatre
Beresdivtsi	Lviv	Beresdivtsi	1790 end 18th century	1941 destroyed in WW II
Bershad	Vinnytsia	Synagogue	1820		neither destroyed during World War II nor closed after the war; still active
Bila Tserkva	Kyiv	Great Synagogue	1860		closed around 1930. Building well preserved. Used as college
Bilky	Zakarpattia	Bilky Synagogue
Boiany	Chernivtsi	Boiany Synagogue
Brody	Lviv	Brody Synagogue	1742		Ruined
Chechelnik	Vinnytsia	Chechelnik Synagogue	1750		To be restored after 2018
Chernivtsi	Chernivtsi	Synagogue Chernivtsi	1873–1878		closed in 1940, later burnt down 1959 partially rebuilt and used as a cinema
Chervonohrad	Lviv	Chervonohrad Synagogue
Chop	Zakarpattia	Synagogue Chop	1908
Chortkiv	Ternopil	Chortkiv Old Synagogue	1771		devastated during WW II
Chortkiv	Ternopil	Chortkiv Hasidic Synagogue	1881–1885
Dnipro	Dnipropetrovsk	Golden Rose Synagogue	1868		1924 workers club and storehouse 1996 returned to Jewish community
Dolyna (Terebovlia) (Janów Trembovelski)	Ternopil	Dolyna (Terebovlia) Synagogue	1700	1941	Built around 1700; burnt down in WW II
Donetsk	Donetsk	Donetsk Synagogue	1887
Dowhe	Zakarpattia	Dowhe Synagogue
Drohobych	Lviv	Choral-Synagogue	1844–1863		warehouse after WW II later ruined renovated since 2016
Drohobych	Lviv	Progressive Synagogue	1909
Druzkopol	Volyn	Druzkopol Synagogue
Dubno	Rivne	Dubno Synagogue	1782-1784	1939
Feodosia	Crimea	Feodosia Choral Synagogue
Halych	Ivano-Frankivsk	Halych Synagogue	16th century			,
Horokhiv	Volyn	Horokhiv Synagogue				,
Horodok	Lviv	Horodok, Lviv Oblast Synagogue
Husiatyn	Ternopil	Synagogue Husiatyn	1654		damaged during WW II 1960 renovated, museum deteriorating since 1990
Hvizdets	Ivano-Frankivsk	Gwoździec Synagogue	1640	1941	wooden Synagogue, damaged during WW I, 1941 completely burnt down
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk Great Synagogue	1894-1895
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk Otyner Kloyz Synagogue
Kamianets-Podilskyi	Khmelnytskyi	Kamianets-Podilskyi Synagogue	1850 middle of 18th century		today used as restaurant
Kharkiv	Kharkiv	Choral-Synagogue	1913		biggest synagogue in Ukraine
Kherson	Kherson	Kherson Old Synagogue	1780	1940s
Kherson	Kherson	Kherson New Synagogue	1895
Khodoriv	Lviv	Khodoriv Synagogue	17th century	1940s
Kyiv	Kyiv	Great Choral Synagogue	1895		1929 riding stable after 1945 again used as synagogue
Kyiv	Kyiv	Brodsky Choral Synagogue	1898		1929 artists club 1941 horse stable 1955 puppet theatre 1997 returned to Jewish community
Kyiv	Kyiv	Karaite Kenesa	1902		belonged to the der Karaite Community, after 1919/1926 no longer used as a synagogue
Kyiv	Kyiv	Galitska Synagogue	1910		1930 closed as a synagogue 2001 returned to the Jewish community
Kolomyia	Ivano-Frankivsk	Kolomyia Synagogue	second half 19th century	1941
Kozliv	Ternopil	Kozliv Synagogue
Kremenchuk	Poltava	Kremenchuk Synagogue	19th century	1994
Kremenets	Ternopil	Kremenets Great Synagogue	1839	1941
Kropyvnytskyi (Kirovograd)	Kirovohrad	Kropyvnytskyi Choral Synagogue	1895-1897
Liuboml	Volyn	Liuboml Synagogue	1510	1947
Lutsk	Volyn	Kenesa, Lutsk	1814	1972	Kenesa of the Karaite community (wooden building)
Lutsk	Volyn	Great Synagogue	1626–1629		after 1942 partially destroyed after 1970 restored today used as a sports club
Lviv	Lviv	Golden Rose Synagogue	1582	1941
Lviv	Lviv	Great Suburb Synagogue	1633	1941
Lviv	Lviv	Great City Synagogue	1801	1943
Lviv	Lviv	Jakob Glanzer Shul	1844		1941 used as a horse stable after 1945 school after 1989 Jewish cultural centre
Lviv	Lviv	Tempel Synagogue	1840–1846	1941
Lviv	Lviv	Tsori Gilod Synagogue	1925		also known as Beis Aharon V'Yisrael Synagogue 1941 used as a horse stable afterwards storehouse after 1989 returned to the Jewish community
Mariupol	Donetsk	Mariupol Synagogue	1882
Mykolaiv	Mykolaiv	Mykolaiv Synagogue	1880–1884
Mykolaiv	Mykolaiv	Mykolaiv Synagogue	1880–1884
Norynsk	Zhytomyr	Norynsk Synagogue	1800 end 18th, begin 19th century	???		Norynsk Wooden Synagogue
Odessa	Odessa	Beit Chabad Synagogue	1893			Bejt-Chabat-Synagoge
Odessa	Odessa	Brodsky Synagogue	1863–1867		since 1925 workers club "Rosa Luxemburg" later city archive 2016 returned to Jewish community
Odessa	Odessa	Kenesa-Synagogue	1895			Karaite-Kenesa
Odessa	Odessa	Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue	1890			Nachlas Elieser Synagoge (2014)
Odessa	Odessa	Or-Sameach Synagogue	1855		since 1923 used as a museum, music theater, sports hall 1996 returned to Jewish community	Or-Sameach-Synagoge
Olyka	Volyn	Olyka Great Synagogue	1879	1942	Wooden synagogue; destroyed sometime after liquidation of ghetto (July 1942)	1925
Oleksandriia	Kirovohrad	Oleksandriia Synagogue
Oleksandrivsk	Luhansk	Oleksandrivsk Synagogue
Pavlivka	Volyn	Pavlivka Synagogue	18th century	1940s
Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast (Golta)	Mykolaiv	Pervomaisk Synagogue	1908
Pidhaitsi	Ternopil	Pidhaitsi Synagogue	1648		in ruinous state
Pohrebyshche	Vinnytsia	Pohrebyshche Synagogue	1690	1941	since 1928 workers club destroyed during WW II
Radomyshl	Zhytomyr	Radomyshl Synagogue	1887	1930	burnt down in 1926; demolished in the 1930s
Rivne	Rivne	Rivne Synagogue	1840–1874
Rozdil	Lviv	Rozdil Synagogue	1730	1907	destroyed by fire either 1907 or in WK I
Sadhora	Chernivtsi	Sadhora Hasidic Synagogue	19th century
Sataniv	Khmelnytskyi	Sataniv Synagogue	1514		probably the oldest synagogue in Ukraine
Sharhorod	Vinnytsia	Synagogue	1589		one of the oldest synagogues in Ukraine
Simferopol	Crimea	Simferopol Synagogue	1881	1975
Skelivka	Lviv	Skelivka Synagogue	1800	1941	burnt down in WW II
Skhidnytsia	Lviv	Skhidnytsia Synagogue	1880		only wooden synagogue in Ukraine that still exists
Storozhynets	Chernivtsi	Storozhynets Synagogue	1890
Stryi	Lviv	Stryi Small Synagogue	1689		reconstruction around 1886
Ternopil	Ternopil	Ternopil Synagogue	1622–1628	1940s
Tulchyn	Vinnytsia	Tulchyn Synagogue	1815	1948–1949
Uzhhorod	Zakarpattia	Synagogue Uschhorod	1910		not used as a synagogue concert hall,
Velyki Mosty	Lviv	Synagogue	1900		deteriorating since 1950
Vinnytsia	Vinnytsia	Vinnytsia Synagogue	1904
Voinyliv	Ivano-Frankivsk	Voinyliv Synagogue
Volodymyr-Volynskyi	Volyn	Volodymyr-Volynskyi Great Synagogue		after 1945		,
Vyzhnytsia	Chernivtsi	Vyzhnytsia Synagogue
Vyzhnytsia	Chernivtsi	Vyzhnytsia Mendel Synagogue	late 19th century
Vyzhnytsia	Chernivtsi	Vyzhnytsia Hasidic Synagogue	19th century
Yabluniv	Ivano-Frankivsk	Yabluniv Synagogue	1674 between 1650 and 1674	1914 in WW I
Yazlovets	Ternopil	Yazlovets Synagogue	1650	1941 in WW II
Yevpatoria	Crimea	Yevpatoria Synagogue
Yevpatoria	Crimea	Yevpatoria Kariate Synagogue
Zabolotiv	Ivano-Frankivsk	Zabolotiv Synagogue	19th century
Zaporizhzhia	Zaporizhzhia	Zaporizhzhia Synagogue	19th century
Zarichanka (Lanckorun)	Khmelnytskyi	Zarichanka Synagogue	end of 17th century	1940s
Zhovkva	Lviv	Zhovkva Synagogue	1690–1692
Zhuravne	Lviv	Zhuravne Synagogue
Zhydachiv	Lviv	Zhydachiv Synagogue	1742	1941 in WW II	well known for wall paintings

External links

Literature

Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka: Landscape With Menorah: Jews in the towns and cities of the former Rzeczpospolita of Poland and Lithuania. Salix alba Press, Warsaw 2015, ISBN 978-83-930937-7-9.
Maria und Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven’s Gates. Wooden synagogues in the territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commenwealth. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warschau 2015, ISBN 978-83-942048-6-0.
Maria und Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven’s Gates. Masonry synagogues in the territories of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warschau 2017, ISBN 978-83-949149-5-0.
Sergey R. Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin. Synagogues in Ukraine VOLHYNIA Volume 1 and 2. The Center Of Jewish Art. ISBN 978-965-227-342-0.

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