Volgograd Synagogue

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Volgograd Synagogue
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The synagogue in 2012
Religion
Affiliation Judaism
Rite Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Synagogue (18881930);(then since 1999)
StatusActive
Location
Location2 Balahinskaia Street, Voroshilovskiy District, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast
Country Russia
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Location of the synagogue in Volgograd Oblast
Geographic coordinates 48°41′47″N44°30′32″E / 48.6964°N 44.5089°E / 48.6964; 44.5089
Architecture
Type Synagogue architecture
Completed1888; 1999 restoration
Materials Brick
Website
eaicy-dar.ru (in Russian)
Invalid designation
Official nameBeit David Synagogue
TypeMonument
CriteriaRegional significance
Reference no.3400000285
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The Volgograd Synagogue, also known as the Beit David Synagogue in Volgograd, [1] is an historic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 2 Balahinskaia Street, in the Voroshilovskiy District of the city of Volgograd, Russia. Completed in 1888 in the city then called Tsaritsyn, the synagogue was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad after the invasion of German forces, and rebuilt after World War II. [2]

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On June 21, 2001 the synagogue was named after Beit David (House of David) in memory of the merits of David Ilyich Kolotilin (the former leader of a religious Jewish group that became the basis for the creation of the Volgograd Jewish religious community). [3]

On November 20, 2007 the revived synagogue was opened after reconstruction. The ceremony was attended by the Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Beit David Synagogue in Volgograd". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  2. "Volgograd". FJC: Communities. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Синагога Бейт-Давид". Хранители истории - онлайн знакомство с памятными местами Волгограда (in Russian). Retrieved December 16, 2024.

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