List of synagogues in Ukraine

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. Mostly preserved, but repurposed buildings are marked in light grey, seriously damaged and abandoned ones - in silver, entirely lost synagogues - in dark grey.

Cherkasy Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Kaniv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kaniv		Early 20th century	Partially preserved	Closed in 1930, now functions as a music school
Talne Synagogue	Talne		?	1941	Wooden synagogue, destroyed in WW2
Zolotonosha Synagogue  [ uk ]	Zolotonosha		?	Partially preserved	Closed in 1949
Uman Synagogue	Uman		1850	Partially preserved	Closed in 1930s

Chernihiv Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Chernihiv Choral Synagogue  [ uk ]	Chernihiv		1876	Partially preserved	Closed in the 1920s, currently used as a theatre
Horodnia Synagogue	Horodnia		c. 1900	2001-2020	Wooden synagogue, dismantled [1]
Korop Synagogue	Korop		1886	Abandoned
Great Synagogue	Pryluky		1861	Ruined

Chernivtsi Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Boiany Synagogue	Boiany		1889	World War II	Nearby Jewish cemetery has been preserved
Grossshil Synagogue  [ uk ]	Chernivtsi		1853	Partially preserved	Building currently in private ownership
Tempel Synagogue	Chernivtsi		1878	Partially preserved	Closed in 1940, later burnt down; 1959 partially rebuilt and used as a cinema [2]
Beit Tefilla Binyamin Synagogue  [ uk ]	Chernivtsi		1923	active	Cultural heritage monument of Ukraine
Boyaner Rebe Synagogue  [ uk ]	Chernivtsi			Partially preserved	Functions as an administrative building
Korn Shil Synagogue  [ uk ]	Chernivtsi		late 19th century	active	Closed during World War II, reopened after 1991
Hertsa Synagogue	Hertsa		1850	Partially preserved	Used as a residential building
Novoselytsia Synagogue	Novoselytsia		1919	Abandoned
Sadhora Hasidic Synagogue  [ uk ]	Sadhora		1842	active	After 1940s functioned as a workshop. Fully restored and reopened in 2016.
Great Synagogue	Sadhora		1830	Partially preserved	After 1950s used as a textile factory
Storozhynets Synagogue	Storozhynets		1890-1900	Partially preserved	Functions as a sports school [3]
Vyzhnytsia Synagogue	Vyzhnytsia		19th century	Partially preserved	Used as a house of culture
New Vyzhnytsia Synagogue	Vyzhnytsia		1895	Partially preserved	Used as a school gym [4]
Vyzhnytsia Hasidic Synagogue	Vyzhnytsia		2nd half of 19th century	Partially preserved	Used as a factory building

Crimea

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Alushta Synagogue	Alushta		late 19th-early 20th century	2008 [5]	Closed in 1923, turned into a cinema, later demolished [6]
Bakhchysarai Kenassa  [ uk ]	Bakhchysarai		1870	Ruined	Closed in 1930, in 2010 transferred to a local museum, remains in an unsatisfactory condition
Bilohirsk Synagogue	Bilohirsk		1750	1942	Destroyed in WW2
Chufut-Kale Great Kenassa  [ uk ]	Chufut-Kale		14th century	active
Chufut-Kale Small Kenassa  [ uk ]	Chufut-Kale		18th century	Partially preserved	Functions as a museum
Feodosia Choral Synagogue  [ uk ]	Feodosia		1904	Partially preserved	Functions as a house of navy officers
Feodosia Kenassa  [ uk ]	Feodosia		1292	Ruined during the Second World War	One of the world's oldest known kenassas
Soldiers' Synagogue  [ uk ]	Sevastopol		1865-1873, 1910 (rebuilt)	Ruined during the Second World War
Sevastopol Kenassa  [ uk ]	Sevastopol		1896-1908	Partially preserved	Closed in 1931, used as a sports hall, currently in private ownership
Simferopol Choral Synagogue  [ uk ]	Simferopol		1881	1975	Demolished and replaced with a department store
Simferopol Kenassa  [ uk ]	Simferopol		1891-1896	Partially preserved	Closed in 1930, returned to the Karaite community in 2014; original elements of decor lost during restoration.
Ner-Tomid Synagogue  [ uk ]	Simferopol		19th century	active	Closed down in 1930, returned to the Jewish community in 1995
Yevpatoria Merchant Synagogue  [ uk ]	Yevpatoria		1911-1912	Partially preserved	Closed down in 1928, used as a factory building
Eupatorian Kenassas	Yevpatoria		1805-1815	active	The synagogue complex is the oldest active Karaite synagogue in the world [7]
Yehiya-Kapay Synagogue  [ uk ]	Yevpatoria		1911-1912	active	Closed down in 1930, reopened in 2003

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Golden Rose Synagogue	Dnipro		1852	active	1924 workers' club and storehouse; 1996 returned to Jewish community [8]
Small Synagogue	Dnipro			Partially preserved	A major shopping center, estimated in 2007 to be one of the largest shopping malls in all of Europe, borders three sides of the synagogue building. [9]
Way of Prayer Synagogue	Dnipro		Late 19th century	active	Currently functions as a yeshiva
Dnipro Kenassa  [ uk ]	Dnipro		1887	1967	Closed down in 1930, later demolished
Beit Reuven Synagogue	Kamianske		2008 [10]	active	Built as a copy of the New York City Chabad synagogue where Lubavitcher Rebe worked
Beys Shtern Shulman Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kryvyi Rih		2010	active	Built on the site of a former Jewish prayer house, which was destroyed by Soviet authorities in 1932
Kryvyi Rih Choral Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kryvyi Rih		1899	1941	After 1928 functioned as a Jewish house of culture, in 1936 turned into an aviation club; a nearby smaller synagogue continued to operate until 1941
Samar Synagogue	Samar		1870s	Partially preserved	Closed in the 1920s, later used as a hospital [11]

Donetsk Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Donetsk Synagogue  [ uk ]	Donetsk		1910-1919	active	Nationalized in 1931, restored to the Jewish community in late 1980s
Old Yuzovka Synagogue	Donetsk		before 1910
Second Yuzovka Synagogue	Donetsk			After 1938	Under Soviet rule used as a medical workers' club
Choral Synagogue	Mariupol		1882	1990s	Last used as a synagogue in 1944; only outer walls remain [12]
Hasidic Synagogue	Mariupol		1864	1941-1943	Destroyed in WW2
Mykolaivska Street Synagogue	Mariupol			Partially preserved	Used as an Adventist prayer hall
Yenakiyeve Synagogue  [ uk ]	Yenakiyeve		early 20th century	after 1959	Closed down in 1930, after 1949 rebuilt as a theatre

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Bolekhiv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Bolekhiv		1789	In disrepair	Abandoned after WW2
Dolyna Synagogue  [ uk ]	Dolyna		1932	Partially preserved	Closed in 1942, currently used as a Baptist house of prayer
Halych Synagogue	Halych		16th century	Partially preserved	Used as a commercial building
Halych Karaite Kenassa  [ uk ]	Halych		1830	1986	Memorial on the site of the building established in 2020
Great Synagogue of Horodenka  [ uk ]	Horodenka		1920s	Partially preserved	Built on the site of a 1743 wooden synagogue destroyed during WW1; currently used as a sport hall
Gwoździec Synagogue	Hvizdets		c. 1640	1941	Wooden synagogue; damaged during WWI; completely burnt in 1941 [13]
Ivano-Frankivsk Great Synagogue  [ uk ]	Ivano-Frankivsk		1895	Partially preserved	Currently shared between the Jewish community and a furniture shop
Otyner Kloyz Synagogue	Ivano-Frankivsk
Kolomyia Synagogue	Kolomyia		second half 19th century	1941
Yerushalaim Synagogue	Kolomyia		early 20th century	active [14]
Pechenizhyn Synagogue	Pechenizhyn		1795	WW1	Wooden synagogue, destroyed during WW1
Valova Street Synagogue  [ uk ]	Rohatyn		1904-1910	Partially preserved	In private ownership, needs repair
Voinyliv Synagogue	Voinyliv				Wooden synagogue
Yabluniv Synagogue	Yabluniv		between 1650 and 1674	c. 1914; in WWI	Wooden synagogue
Zabolotiv Synagogue	Zabolotiv		19th century

Kharkiv Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Kharkiv Choral Synagogue	Kharkiv		1912-1913	active	Synagogue until 1923; communal use until 1980; restored as a synagogue in 1980; gutted by a fire in 1988 and restored in 2003; [15] partially damaged in 2022 during the Russo-Ukrainian War [16]
Mordvinov Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kharkiv		1912-1914	Partially preserved	Closed down in the 1930s; currently used as a planetarium
Soldiers' Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kharkiv		Early 19th century	2019	Closed after WW2; memorial plaque has been installed on the remains of the old building which was demolished in 2019
Solianykivsky Lane Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kharkiv		1911	Partially preserved	Nationalized in 1929, rebuilt after WW2 in constructivist style
Chobotarska Street Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kharkiv		1912	active	Closed down in the 1930s, returned to the community in 2003; currently functions as a Jewish school; damaged during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Kharkiv Karaite Kenassa  [ uk ]	Kharkiv		1891-1893	active	Closed down in 1929, returned to the Karaite community in 2006; damaged during the Russian invasion in 2022
Lozova Synagogue	Lozova		Before 1913	c. 1978	Devastated during a pogrom in 1919, closed under Soviet rule, between 1941 and 1961 functioned as a church [17]

Kherson Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Kherson Kenassa  [ uk ]	Kherson			1975	Demolished, currently a shopping mall is located on the site
Kherson Old Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kherson		1780	Partially preserved	Currently used as a planetarium
Kherson New Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kherson		1895-1899	active	Closed down in 1941, reopened in 1990; only functioning synagogue in Kherson

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Old Market Synagogue	Horodok		?	1940s	Wooden synagogue
Great Synagogue of Iziaslav  [ uk ]	Iziaslav		17th century	Neglected	Turned into a stable during the Khmelnytsky Uprising; reconstructed in the 18th century; damaged by fire in 1924; currently unused.
New Town Synagogue	Iziaslav		1834	Partially preserved	Today used as a school
Kamianets-Podilskyi Synagogue	Kamianets-Podilskyi		c. 1850; middle of 18th century	Partially preserved	Today used as a restaurant
Great Choral Synagogue  [ uk ]	Khmelnytskyi		18-19th century	1991	Closed down in 1938, later used as a sports hall; replaced with a sports hall
Craftsmen's Synagogue  [ uk ]	Khmelnytskyi		1890	active	Reconstructed in 2009
Kytaihorod Synagogue	Kytaihorod		?	1940s	Wooden synagogue
BaH Synagogue  [ uk ]	Medzhybizh		before 1612	1950s	Damaged by Nazi occupiers during WW2, dismantled in the 1950s; only foundations remain
Mikhalpol Synagogue	Mykhailivka		1750	1941	Wooden synagogue
Mynkivtsi Synagogue	Mynkivtsi		1787	1941	Wooden synagogue
Orynyn Synagogue	Orynyn		?	1941	Wooden synagogue
Polonne Synagogue	Polonne		?	1940s	Wooden synagogue
Polonne Second Synagogue	Polonne		?	1940s	Wooden synagogue
Great Synagogue	Sataniv		1514	active	Used as a warehouse from 1933; restored as a synagogue in 2012; one of the oldest synagogues in Ukraine [18]
Shepetivka Synagogue  [ uk ]	Shepetivka		1820-1840	active	During the 1960s used as a sports hall; reopened in 1991
Smotrych Synagogue	Smotrych		1745	1941	Wooden synagogue
Great Synagogue	Starokostiantyniv		1625	1941	Closed in 1930s, destroyed in WW2
Ostropil Synagogue	Staryi Ostropil		?	1940s	Wooden synagogue
Zarichanka Synagogue	Zarichanka (Chemerivtsi rural hromada)		end of 17th century	1940s	Wooden synagogue
Great Synagogue	Zhvanets		1725	1941	Destroyed in WW2

Kirovohrad Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Kropyvnytskyi Choral Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kropyvnytskyi		1895-1897	active	Site of a massacre during the Hryhoriv Uprising in 1919; under Soviet rule used as a cinema club; returned to the Jewish community in 1991
Oleksandriia Synagogue	Oleksandriia			Partially preserved	Currently functions as a Seventh Day Adventist reading hall

Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Great Synagogue	Bila Tserkva		1860	Partially preserved	Closed c. 1930; building well preserved; used as college; a decision to return the building to theJewish community was taken in 2019; [19] However, as of 2023 the college was still active on the premises.
Chornobyl Synagogue	Chornobyl		?	1941	Wooden synagogue
Great Choral Synagogue	Podil, Kyiv		1895	active	1929 riding stable; after 1945 again used as synagogue [20]
Brodsky Choral Synagogue	Shota Rustaveli Street, Kyiv		1898	active	1929 artists' club; c. 1941 horse stable; 1955 puppet theatre; 1997 returned to Jewish community and restored as a synagogue from 2000 [21]
Karaite Kenesa	Old Kyiv		1902	Partially preserved	A Karaite synagogue until 1929; a drama centre since 1961 [22]
Halytska Synagogue	Halytska Square, Kyiv		1910	active	Closed as a synagogue in 1930; used a workers' canteen; reopened as a synagogue in 2004 [23] [24]
Merchants' Synagogue  [ uk ]	Shota Rustaveli Street, Kyiv		1899	Partially preserved	Closed in 1933, later used as a sports hall and a cinema
Pechersk Synagogue  [ uk ]	Pechersk, Kyiv		1808-1809	1829	Wooden synagogue developed by Andrey Melensky; burned down in 1829 after the expulsion of Jews from Kyiv by the decree of Tsar Nicholas I.
Place for Thoughts Synagogue  [ uk ]	Babyn Yar, Kyiv		2021	active	Wooden synagogue; part of Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre
Baryshpolsky Synagogue  [ uk ]	Demiivka, Kyiv		1878	Partially preserved	Destroyed during a pogrom by Polish troops in 1920; reconstructed an turned into a workers' club; today functions as a children's art centre
Lower Solomianka Synagogue  [ uk ]	Solomianka, Kyiv		1897	after 1931	Built on the site of an earlier synagogue destroyed by fire; closed in 1930 and demolished; cooling tower of a power plant was built on the site
Khabne Synagogue	Poliske		?	1941	Wooden synagogue
Skvyra Synagogue  [ uk ]	Skvyra		1711	Active	Under the Soviet rule used as a grain storage; later functioned as a sewing workshop; reopened in 2004.
Beyker Synagogue  [ uk ]	Vasylkiv		Early 20th century	Abandoned	Closed in 1927, later used as a railway station; abandoned after the closure of the railway line in the 1990s
Pokrovska Street Synagogue  [ uk ]	Vasylkiv		Late 19th century	Partially preserved	Currently used as a school

Luhansk Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Lozova Pavlivka Synagogue	Brianka		Before 1902	After 1916	Destroyed [25]
Chabad Synagogue	Luhansk			active [26]
Choral Synagogue	Luhansk			1930s	Closed in 1935, demolished

Lviv Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Belz Old Synagogue	Belz		1587	1806	Wooden synagogue, burned down [27]
Belz New Synagogue  [ uk ]	Belz		1843	1950s	Blown up by Nazis in 1942, ruins demolished.
Eshre Leo Synagogue	Belz		1909	Abandoned	Rebuilt after WWI [28]
Berezdivtsi Synagogue	Berezdivtsi (Novyi Rozdil urban hromada)		c. 1790; end 18th century	c. 1941 in WW II
Bibrka Synagogue  [ uk ]	Bibrka		1821	Ruined	Closed during WW2; used to function as a storage facility
Borynia Synagogue  [ uk ]	Borynia		19th century	1940s	Destroyed during WW2
Brody Synagogue	Brody		1742	Ruined
Busk Synagogue  [ uk ]	Busk		1842-1843	Partially preserved	Used as an Evangelical church [29]
Chervonohrad Synagogue	Chervonohrad		1795-1800	1950s	Destroyed during WW2, later demolished [30]
Dobromyl Synagogue  [ uk ]	Dobromyl		after 1765	1941	Burned down during WW2
Choral Synagogue	Drohobych		1863	active	Warehouse after WW II; later ruined; renovated since 2016 [31]
Progressive Synagogue  [ uk ]	Drohobych		1909	Partially preserved	Closed after WW2, used as a boxing venue
Felsztyn Synagogue  [ uk ]	Skelivka		c. 1900	after WW2	Wooden synagogue; devastated during the Second World War; after the war likely used as a residential house; lost
Horodok, Lviv Oblast Synagogue	Horodok			After 1934
Kamianka-Buzka Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kamianka-Buzka		1730	1941	Wooden synagogue; destoyed in WW2
Khodoriv Synagogue	Khodoriv		17th century	1940s	Wooden synagogue, destroyed during WW2
Khyriv New Synagogue  [ uk ]	Khyriv		19th century	1940s	Destroyed during WW2
Old Khyriv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Khyriv		1740	1940s	Wooden synagogue; destroyed during WW2
Leshniv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Leshniv		c. 1677	late 1950s	Damaged during WW1 and demstroyed in WW2, ruins demolished
Beit Chasidim Synagogue	Lviv		1791	1941	Destroyed in WW2
Golden Rose Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת טורי זהב)	Lviv		1582	1941	Desecrated in August 1941; ruins demolished in 1943; now part of The Space of Synagogues [32] [33] [34]
Great Suburb Synagogue	Lviv		1633	1941	Ruins dismantled in the late 1940s [35]
Great City Synagogue	Lviv		1801	1942	Burned by the Nazis in August 1941; ruins destroyed in 1942 [36]
Jakob Glanzer Shul	Lviv		1844	Partially preserved	Used as a synagogue until 1962; various other uses during WWII and Soviet occupration; Jewish cultural centre and museum since 1995 [37]
Tempel Synagogue	Lviv		1846	1941	Destroyed by the Nazis during WWII [38] [39]
Tsori Gilod Synagogue	Lviv		1925	active	Also known as Beis Aharon V'Yisrael Synagogue; 1941 used as a horse stable; afterwards storehouse; restored as a synagogue from 1989 [40]
Nyzhankovychi Synagogue  [ uk ]	Nyzhankovychi		18th century	1940s	Destroyed in WW2
Olesko Synagogue	Olesko		1844	Ruined
Radekhiv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Radekhiv		Late 18th century	Partially preserved	Closed after WW2; later used as a storage room
Rozdil Synagogue	Rozdil		c. 1730	c. 1907	Destroyed by fire either 1907 or in WWI
Sasiv Synagogue	Sasiv		1790	?	Wooden synagogue, destroyed
Skelivka Synagogue	Skelivka		c. 1800	c. 1941	Burnt down in WWII
Skhidnytsia Synagogue	Skhidnytsia		c. 1880	Partially preserved	The only remaining wooden synagogue in Ukraine; [41] now used as a Baptist house of prayer
Skole Synagogue  [ uk ]	Skole			Partially preserved	Closed during WW2; currently used as a cinema
Sokal Great Synagogue  [ uk ]	Sokal		1762	Ruined
New Synagogue	Sokal		1890	Partially preserved	Now a community centre
Stara Sil Synagogue  [ uk ]	Stara Sil		Late 18th century	1940s	Destroyed during WW2
Staryi Sambir Synagogue  [ uk ]	Staryi Sambir		1862	Ruined	Damaged during WW2, later used as storage
Stryi Great Synagogue  [ uk ]	Stryi		1817	Ruined	Classicist vault was dismantled in the 1980s
Stryi Small Synagogue	Stryi		1689		Reconstruction c. 1886
Toporiv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Toporiv		19th century	Partially preserved	Closed after 1930; used as a storage facility
Turka Synagogue  [ uk ]	Turka		Mid-19th century	Partially preserved	Damaged during WW1, during WW2 housed the Jewish ghetto; closed down in 1945; currently functions as a joiner's workshop
Great Synagogue	Velyki Mosty		c. 1900	Ruined	Damaged during both WWI and WWII; the synagogue ruins have been deteriorating since c. 1950 [42]
Syniovydsko Vyzhnie Synagogue  [ uk ]	Verkhnie Syniovydne			1940s	Destroyed during WW2
Great Synagogue	Zhovkva		1692	Ruined	Partially destroyed during WWII; partial rebuild during the 1950s and 1990; included on the 2000 World Monuments Watch; remains partially restored [43] [44]
Zhuravne Synagogue	Zhuravno		18th century [45]	Partially preserved	Currently functions as a post office [46]
Zhydachiv Synagogue	Zhydachiv		1742	c. 1941 in WW II	Well known for murals

Mykolaiv Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Nahartav Synagogue	Bereznehuvate		Early 20th century	Partially preserved	Used by Jewish agricultural colonists, currently functions as a grain storage [47]
Ashkenaz Synagogue	Mykolaiv		?	Partially preserved	Closed in 1934, resumed activity in 1946 as the city's only functioning synagogue, ultimately closed down in 1962 [48]
Mykolaiv Chabad Synagogue  [ uk ]	Mykolaiv		1877	active	Nationalized in 1934, turned into a house of culture; returned to the Jewish community in 1995
Great (Choral) Synagogue	Mykolaiv		1880-1884	1944	Closed down in 1928, destroyed during WW2, only an annex remains [49]
Mykolaiv Kenassa  [ uk ]	Mykolaiv		1844-1847	Partially preserved	Currently used as a wedding hall
Lyahina Street Synagogue	Mykolaiv		Late 19th century	Partially preserved	Currently used as a shop [50]
Old Synagogue of Mykolaiv  [ uk ]	Mykolaiv		1819-1822	abandoned	Closed in 1935, used as a young pioneers club, returned to the Jewish community in 1992, remains abandoned
Privoznaya Synagogue	Mykolaiv		19th century	Partially preserved	Closed in 1931, rebuilt, a theatre is currently located on the premises
Nova Odesa Synagogue	Nova Odesa		Early 20th century	Ruined	Under the Soviet rule used as a sports hall; currently abandoned [51]
Ochakiv Synagogue	Ochakiv		19th century	1990s
Golta Synagogue	Pervomaisk		1908	?
Olviopol Synagogue	Pervomaisk		Early 20th century	Partially preserved	Functions as a shop [52]
Romanivka Synagogue	Romanivka		Mid-19th century	Ruined	Built by Jewish agricultural colonists; closed in 1929, later used as a school and a storage building; currently abandoned [53]

Odesa Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Synagogue  [ uk ]	Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi		1891	Partially preserved	Closed down in 1940, used as a sports school; returned to Jewish community in 1998, but transferred back to communal ownership in 2018
Beit Chabad Synagogue  [ uk ]	Odesa	Bejt-Chabat-Synagoge	1893	active	Closed after 1920, used as a storage, returned to the Jewish community in 1992
Brodsky Synagogue	Odesa		1867	Under restoration	Since c. 1925 workers' club "Rosa Luxemburg"; later city archive; 2016 returned to Jewish community and under restoration [54]
Kosher Meat Hackers' Synagogue  [ uk ]	Odesa		1909	Partially preserved	Closed down in early 1930s, returned to community in 1991; currently used as a Jewish community space
Kenesa Synagogue  [ uk ]	Odesa	Karaite-Kenesa	1895	1930s	Closed in 1927, destroyed by the Bolsheviks
Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue  [ uk ]	Odesa	Nachlas Elieser Synagoge (2014)	1890	1992	Closed in 1920, reopened in 1954, the city's only active synagogue until 1989; ruined in 1992.
Or Sameach Synagogue  [ uk ]	Odesa	Or-Sameach-Synagoge	1855	active	Since 1923 used as a museum, music theater, sports hall; 1996 returned to Jewish community

Poltava Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Main Choral Synagogue	Kremenchuk		1855	1943	Destroyed during WW2 [55]
Or Avner Chabad Synagogue	Kremenchuk		2002	active	Built on the site of an earlier Hasidic synagogue [56]
Yurovsky Synagogue	Kremenchuk		Before 1917	2023	Used as a used paper collection point; ondemned to demolition, to be replaced with a residential building [57]
Lokhvytsia Synagogue	Lokhvytsia		Early 20th century	Partially preserved	In Soviet times used as an incubator [58]
Great Synagogue of Poltava  [ uk ]	Poltava		1850	Partially preserved	Nationalized and rebuilt in 1930s, currently used as a medical school
Great Choral Synagogue of Poltava  [ uk ]	Poltava		1856	Partially preserved	Burnt together with all Torah scrolls in 1911, reconstructed, closed in 1934; currently houses a philharmonic hall
Hasidic Synagogue of Poltava  [ uk ]	Poltava		1870	Partially preserved	Closed in 1930s, used as an industrial building
Hospital Synagogue of Poltava  [ uk ]	Poltava		c. 1901	After 1990	Closed in 1930s, used as a workshop, only facade survived after WW2; demolished and replaced with a market
Military Synagogue of Poltava  [ uk ]	Poltava		Late 19th century	Partially preserved	Closed in 1930s, used as an industrial space, currently a residential building
Misnagdim Synagogue  [ uk ]	Poltava		Early 20th century	2013-2015	Built on the site of an earlier wooden synagogue; under Soviet rule functioned as a cafe, later demolished
Moldavsky Synagogue of A. Zelensky  [ uk ]	Poltava		1870	1970	Closed in 1930s, used as a university building, demolished and replaced with a department store
Private Synagogue of A. Zelensky  [ uk ]	Poltava		1870	1970	Closed in 1930s, used as a university building, demolished and replaced with a department store
Tailors' Synagogue  [ uk ]	Poltava		Late 19th century	1943	Closed in 1930s, demolished by German troops in 1943

Rivne Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Dubno Great Synagogue	Dubno		16th century	Partially preserved	Restored in 1784, returned to the Jewish community in 2018, restoration works ongoing
Oleksandriia Synagogue	Oleksandriia			1940s	Destroyed during WW2
Great Maharsha Synagogue	Ostroh		1620s	Partially preserved	Looted during WW2, later used as a warehouse, restoration works ongoing since 2016
Great Synagogue	Radyvyliv		1933	Partially preserved	Damaged during WW2, after 1959 used as cinema
Berek Joselewicz Street Synagogue	Rivne			1940s	Ruined during WW2
Hegberg Synagogue	Rivne			Partially preserved	Closed down during WW2, currently used as a shop
Old Kloyz Synagogue  [ uk ]	Rivne		Before 1900	active	Desecrated during WW2, later used as a sports hall, returned to the Jewish community after 1991
Rivne Great Synagogue	Rivne		1874	Partially preserved	Currently used as a sports school and trading hall
Torhovytsia Synagogue	Torhovytsia, Rivne Oblast  [ uk ]		1820	1941	Wooden synagogue, destroyed during WW2

Sumy Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Hlukhiv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Hlukhiv		1867-1870	1941	During the 1930s closed and used as an archive, destroyed during WW2
Krolevets Synagogue  [ uk ]	Krolevets		1860s	Partially preserved	Reconstructed in the 1890s, currently used as an arts school

Ternopil Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Great Synagogue	Berezhany		1718	Ruined	After WW2 used as a grain storage, later abandoned
Buchach Great Synagogue  [ uk ]	Buchach		1728	1940s	Reconstructed in 1831, 1870 and 1920s; destroyed during WW2
Budaniv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Budaniv		19th century	Abandoned	Recostructed in 1922, in Soviet times functioned as a residential building
Chortkiv Old Synagogue  [ uk ]	Chortkiv		1771	Partially preserved	Devastated during WW2, in 2019 returned to the Jewish community
Chortkiv Hasidic Synagogue  [ uk ]	Chortkiv		1905-1909	Partially preserved	Damaged during WW1, restored in 1925-1927, damaged again in WW2; currently used as a school building
Yaniv Terebovelskyi Synagogue  [ uk ]	Dolyna		c. 1700	c. 1941	Wooden synagogue; burnt down in WW2
Great Synagogue	Husiatyn		1654	Abandoned	Damaged during WW II; renovated c. 1960 as a museum; deteriorating since c. 1990 [59] [60]
Kozliv Synagogue	Kozliv			Partially preserved	Closed down during WW2, currently used as a residential building
Kremenets Great Synagogue	Kremenets		1839	1941	Destroyed in WW2
Dubno Suburb Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kremenets		1839	Partially preserved	Closed in 1942; currently serves as a bus station
Great Synagogue	Pidhaitsi		before 1627	2019	Abandoned during WW2; used for grain storage thereafter, then in a ruinous state before its collapse in 2019 and subsequent demolition [61]
Great Synagogue	Shumsk		1780 [62]	After 1928
Skala-Podilska Synagogue  [ uk ]	Skala-Podilska		Late 19th century	Partially preserved	Closed down in 1940s, currently used as a residential building
Ternopil Great Synagogue  [ uk ]	Ternopil		1662-1668	1944	Damaged during WW2, later demolished
Vyshnivets Synagogue  [ uk ]	Vyshnivets		19th century	Partially preserved	Currently used as an office building
Yazlovets Synagogue	Yazlovets		16th century	c. 1941	Burned down during WW1, restored in 1920s, destroyed during WW2
Zaliztsi Synagogue	Zaliztsi		?	Partially preserved	Used as a residential building

Vinnytsia Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Great Synagogue	Bar		1717	1941	Destroyed in WW2
Bershad Synagogue	Bershad		c. 1820	active	Neither destroyed during World War II nor closed after the war; still active [63]
Chechelnyk Synagogue	Chechelnyk		c. 1750	Ruined	Closed in 1926, restoration commenced in 2018
Illintsi synagogue  [ uk ]	Illintsi		18th century	Partially preserved	Currently used as a furniture workshop
Ozaryntsi Synagogue  [ uk ]	Ozaryntsi		c. 1775-1825	Ruined	Destroyed during WW2
Pohrebyshche Synagogue	Pohrebyshche		c. 1690	c. 1941	A former wooden synagogue; used as a workers' club from 1928; destroyed during WWII [64]
Great Synagogue	Sharhorod		1589	active	One of the oldest synagogues in Ukraine; [65] closed in early 1930s, currently returned to the Jewish commmunity
Tulchyn Great Synagogue	Tulchyn		1815	1949
Lifshytz Synagogue  [ uk ]	Vinnytsia		1897	active	Closed in 1927, used as a theatre, returned to the Jewish community in 1992
Yaryshiv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Yaryshiv  [ uk ]		1750	1941	Wooden synagogue, destroyed during WW2

Volyn Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Berestechko Synagogue  [ uk ]	Berestechko		1827-1885	Partially preserved	After WW2 used as a sausage factory; since 1992 a music school
Druzkopol Synagogue	Zhuravnyky, Lutsk Raion  [ uk ]		c. 18th century [66]	?	Destroyed
Horokhiv Synagogue	Horokhiv			1941	Wooden synagogue, destroyed during WW2
Korytnytsia Synagogue	Korytnytsia			1941	Wooden synagogue, destroyed during WW2
Kovel Great Synagogue  [ uk ]	Kovel		Late 19th century	Partially preserved	After WW2 turned into a textile factory
Liuboml Synagogue  [ uk ]	Liuboml		1510	1947
Lukiv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Lukiv		1781	1940s	Destroyed during WW2
Galician Synagogue	Lutsk		After 1862	Partially preserved	Currently a residential building
Great Synagogue	Lutsk		1629	active	Partially destroyed after 1942; after 1970 restored; used as a sports club [67] [68] in 2021 transferred to the Jewish community [69]
Kenesa, Lutsk	Lutsk		1814	1972	Wooden kenesa of the Karaite community, burned down
Olyka Synagogue, Lutsk	Lutsk		Before 1862	Partially preserved	Closed during WW2, later used as a cinema, now a cafe
Puric Synagogue	Lutsk				Second floor constructed after WW2, currently an office building
Olyka Great Synagogue	Olyka	1925	1879	c. 1942	Wooden synagogue; destroyed sometime after July 1942
Pavlivka Synagogue	Pavlivka		18th century	1940s	Wooden synagogue, destroyed in WW2
Volodymyr- Great Synagogue  [ uk ]	Volodymyr		1801	1951	Damaged during WW2, later demolished

Zakarpattia Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Great Synagogue	Berehove		c. 1890	Partially preserved	Closed in 1959; covered by concrete shell and used as theatre [70]
Bila Tserkva Synagogue	Bila Tserkva			1944	Wooden synagogue, destroyed in WW2
Bilky Synagogue	Bilky		?	?	Destroyed [71]
Synagogue Chop	Chop		1908	1944 [72]	Destroyed during WW2
Dovhe Synagogue	Dovhe		1884	?	Destroyed [73]
Khust Synagogue  [ uk ]	Khust		1878	active	Continued to operate under Soviet rule
Mukachevo Synagogue	Mukachevo			1944	Destroyed during WW2
Uzhhorod Synagogue	Uzhhorod		1904	Partially preserved	Used as a synagogue until 1944; used as a concert hall since 1947 [74]
Vynohradiv Synagogue  [ uk ]	Vynohradiv		1874-1905	active	During Soviet rule used as a sports school; reconstructed since 2012, currently in municipal ownership

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Berdyansk Kenassa  [ uk ]	Berdyansk		1899	Partially preserved	Destroyed
Berdyansk Synagogue  [ uk ]	Berdyansk		1850/1857	?	Closed in 1920s, since 1930s used as sports club
Giymat-Rosa Synagogue  [ uk ]	Zaporizhzhia		2005-2012	active	Built as a miniature copy of the Temple of Jerusalem
Synagogue of Tailors  [ uk ]	Zaporizhzhia		1888	active	Returned to the Jewish community in 1991, restored in 1995
Zaporizhzhia Choral Synagogue  [ uk ]	Zaporizhzhia		1898	Partially preserved	Natinalized in 1929, currently functions as an office space

Zhytomyr Oblast

Name	Location	Image	Completed	Destroyed	Remarks
Berdychiv Choral Synagogue  [ uk ]	Berdychiv		1850	Partially preserved	Closed in 1929, later housed an atheist club, restored to the Jewish community in 1946; closed again in 1964 and transformed into a glove factory
Horodnytsia Synagogue  [ uk ]	Horodnytsia		c. 1900	Partially preserved	Damaged in WW2, currently used as a town hall
Norynsk Synagogue	Norynsk  [ uk ]	Norynsk Wooden Synagogue	c. 1800	?	Wooden synagogue, destroyed
Ovruch Synagogue	Ovruch		?	1941	Wooden synagogue, destroyed in WW2
Radomyshl Synagogue	Radomyshl		1887	c. 1930	Burnt down in 1926; demolished in the 1930s [75]
Great Synagogue	Zviahel		1740	c. 1945	Destroyed during or immediately after WW2

See also

• History of the Jews in Ukraine

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External links

• Old postcards and photos of synagogues in Ukraine
• Old pictures of synagogues (many in Ukraine) - alamy.de

Further reading

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