List of synagogues in Ukraine
The list of synagogues in Ukraine includes former and existing synagogues in present-day Ukraine . The year of completion is given for the year of construction; the years in italics are approximate values.
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city | Oblast | Surname | Built | Destroyed | comment | image |
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bar | Vinnytsia | Great synagogue | 1717 | 1941 | destroyed in WWII | |
Bels | Lviv | Great synagogue | 1834 | 1942 | blown up in WWII | |
Berdychiv | Zhytomyr | Choral Synagogue | 1860 |
profane , protected cultural monument |
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Berehove | Transcarpathia | Great synagogue | 1890 | Profaned in 1959, cultural center, concrete shell covers the former building |
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Bereschany | Ternopil | Great synagogue | 1718 | used as a granary from 1939, today in ruins |
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Bereschany | Ternopil | Synagogues | Cantors Synagoge Reb Judels Synagoge Tschortkower Klois Synagogue Rabbi Mendele Synagoge |
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Berestechko | Wolyn | Great synagogue | 1885 | Profaned. Rebuilt and now a music school | ||
Bershad | Vinnytsia | synagogue | 1820 | Neither destroyed in World War II nor closed during the Soviet era. | ||
Bibrka | Lviv | Great synagogue | 1821 | After 1945 canning factory for many years, now in ruins |
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Bila Tserkva | Kiev | Great synagogue | 1860 | well preserved, today teaching building |
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Bilohirsk | Crimea | synagogue | 1750 | 1942 | destroyed in WWII | |
Bolekhiv | Ivano-Frankivsk | Bolekhiv synagogue | 1800 | stands empty | ||
Brody | Lviv | Old synagogue | 1742 | expired | ||
Budaniw | Ternopil | Budaniv Synagogue | 1850 | expired | ||
Butschatsch | Ternopil | Great synagogue | 1728 | 1945 | damaged in World War II, later demolished | |
Busk | Lviv | Busk Synagogue | 1843 | Profaned, protected cultural monument, today residential building |
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Kharkiv | Kharkiv | Choral Synagogue | 1913 | largest synagogue in Ukraine | ||
Chodoriv | Lviv | synagogue | 1642 | 1941 | wooden synagogue, destroyed in WWII | |
Chust | Transcarpathia | Khust synagogue | 1750 | has been renovated in recent years | ||
Chernivtsi | Chernivtsi | Israelite temple | 1878 | Closed in 1940, later set on fire, partially reconstructed in 1959 and used as a cinema |
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Chernivtsi | Chernivtsi | Great synagogue | 1853 | In 1960 converted into a furniture factory | ||
Chernivtsi | Chernivtsi | Korn Synagogue | 1900 | Active synagogue |
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Chernivtsi | Chernivtsi | Beit Tefillah Benjamin Synagogue | 1923 | Active synagogue | ||
Dnipro | Dnepropetrovsk | Golden Rose Synagogue | 1865 | 1924 workers' club and warehouse. 1996 returned to the Jewish community |
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Dolyna | Ivano-Frankivsk | Dolyna Synagogue (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 1925 | after renovation in 1993, today the Baptist Church | ||
Dolyna (Terebowlja) | Ternopil | Synagogue Dolyna (Ternopil) | 1700 | 1941 | wooden synagogue destroyed in WW2 |
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Drohobych | Lviv | Choral Synagogue | 1865 | was dilapidated from 2014 renovated |
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Drohobych | Lviv | Osei Chesed Synagogue | 1909 | profane | ||
Dubno | Rivne | Dubno synagogue | 1784 | profaned expires |
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Horodenka | Ivano-Frankivsk | Horodenka synagogue | 1743 | now used as a gym | ||
Hussyatyn | Ternopil | Hussyatyn synagogue | 1650 | Badly damaged in the war, renovated in 1960 , museum has been in disrepair since 1990 |
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Hwisdez | Ivano-Frankivsk | synagogue | 1640 | 1941 | wooden synagogue, damaged in World War I, burned down in 1941 | |
Izyaslav | Khmelnytskyi | Isyaslav Great Synagogue | 1600 | Badly damaged in WWII. After 1945 Boiler house now almost in ruins |
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Izyaslav | Khmelnytskyi | Isjaslav New Town Synagogue | 1834 | tonight school | ||
Ivano-Frankivsk | Ivano-Frankivsk | Stanisławów Synagogue | 1890 |
1945 Storage room 1991 Partial return to the Jewish community |
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Yaryshiv | Vinnytsia | synagogue | 1750 | 1941 | wooden synagogue, destroyed in WWII | |
Kamianets-Podilskyi | Khmelnytskyi | synagogue | 1850 | today restaurant | ||
Kamyanka buska | Lviv | synagogue | 1730 | 1941 | wooden synagogue destroyed in WW2 |
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Kiev | Kiev | Podil Synagogue | 1895 | 1929 Riding stables again synagogue in 1945 |
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Kiev | Kiev | Brodsky Synagogue | 1898 | 1929 Artists' Club 1941 Horse stable 1955 Puppet theater 1997 Returned to the Jewish community |
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Kiev | Kiev | Kenesa | 1902 | belonged to the Karaean community , no longer used as a synagogue from 1919/1926 |
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Kiev | Kiev | Halyzka Synagogue | 1910 | Closed as a synagogue in 1930. Returned to the Jewish community in 2001 |
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Kovel | Wolyn | Great synagogue | 1907 | profaned, today a textile factory | ||
Kremenets | Ternopil | Great synagogue | 1839 | 1941 | destroyed in WWII | |
Leschniw | Lviv | Great synagogue | 1677 | 1941 | Badly destroyed in the war, later completely demolished |
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Lyuboml | Wolyn | Great synagogue | 1510 | 1947 | Demolished in 1947, although hardly destroyed in the war. | |
Lukiw | Wolyn | synagogue | 1781 | 1941 | ||
Lutsk | Wolyn | Great synagogue | 1628 | from 1942 partially destroyed from 1970 renewed today sports club clubhouse |
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Lviv | Lviv | Golden rose | 1582 | 1941 | also known as the Taz Synagogue or the Nachmanowicz Synagogue |
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Lviv | Lviv | Great city synagogue | 1801 | 1943 | ||
Lviv | Lviv | Large suburban synagogue | 1633 | 1941 | ||
Lviv | Lviv | Beit Chasidim Synagogue | 1791 | 1941 | ||
Lviv | Lviv | Hasidic synagogue | 1844 | also known as Jakob Glanzer Schul 1941 used as a warehouse after 1945 synagogue again from 1962 gymnasium from 1990 Jewish cultural center |
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Lviv | Lviv | Temple synagogue | 1845 | 1941 | ||
Lviv | Lviv | Tsori Gilod Synagogue | 1925 | 1941 used as a horse stable, then a department store after 1989 returned to the Jewish community |
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Medjybish | Khmelnytskyi | BaH synagogue | 1612 | 1941 | set on fire in WWII; 1950 remains torn down. | |
Mynkiwzi | Khmelnytskyi | synagogue | 1776 | 1941 | wooden synagogue, destroyed in WWII. | |
Novoselytsia | Chernivtsi | New Great Synagogue | 1919 | Stands empty. Particularly beautiful wall and ceiling paintings | ||
Odessa | Odessa | Or Sameach Synagogue | 1855 | from 1923 used as a museum, music theater, sports hall. 1996 returned to the Jewish community |
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Odessa | Odessa | Bejt Chabat Synagogue | 1893 | |||
Odessa | Odessa | Brodsky Synagogue | 1863 | after 1925 used as the “Rosa Luxemburg” workers' club, later city archives, returned to the Jewish community in 2016 |
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Odessa | Odessa | Kenesa Synagogue | 1895 | |||
Odessa | Odessa | Nachlas Elieser Synagogue | 1890 | |||
Olyka | Wolyn | Great synagogue | 1879 | 1942 | wooden synagogue; destroyed between 1942 and 1945. |
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Ostroh | Rivne | Great Maharscha Synagogue | 1627 | Badly damaged in 1941; after 1945 warehouse; ruin today. |
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Pechenishyn | Ivano-Frankivsk | synagogue | 1793 | 1914 | wooden synagogue; Burned down by Russian soldiers in World War I |
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Pidhajzi | Ternopil | synagogue | 1648 | ruin today | ||
Pohrebyschtsche | Vinnytsia | synagogue | 1690 | 1941 | wooden synagogue no longer exists today |
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Radomyshl | Zhytomyr | synagogue | 1887 | 1930 | Damaged in a fire in 1926; demolished in the 1930s | |
Sadagora | Chernivtsi | Hasidic synagogue | 1881 | also known as Rebbes Klois , restored in 2016 |
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Sadagora | Chernivtsi | Great synagogue | 1830 | converted into a clothing factory in the 1950s. |
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Zassiv | Lviv | synagogue | 1790 | ??? | wooden synagogue; no longer exists today | |
Sataniv | Khmelnytskyi | Sataniv Synagogue | 1514 | perhaps the oldest surviving synagogue in Ukraine; from 1933 warehouse; was almost dilapidated; renovated from 2012. |
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Sharhorod | Vinnytsia | Sharhorod Synagogue | 1589 | one of the oldest synagogues in Ukraine; from 1674–1699 mosque; after 1930 drinks warehouse; 2012 return |
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Shepetivka | Khmelnytskyi | Great synagogue | 1825 | Carefully restored | ||
Zhidnytsia | Lviv | Zhidnytsia Synagogue | 1880 | only wooden synagogue in Ukraine that still exists today | ||
Shovkva | Lviv | Sobieski Synagogue | 1698 |
1941 , after 1945, the department store is now a ruin |
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Sokal | Lviv | Great synagogue | 1700 | Destroyed in World War II, now in ruins | ||
Sokal | Lviv | New synagogue | 1890 | Profaned | ||
Starokostjantyniv | Khmelnytskyi | Great synagogue | 1625 | 1941 | Closed in the mid-1930s, destroyed in World War II |
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Stryj | Lviv | synagogue | 1817 | ruin today | ||
Ternopil | Ternopil | Old synagogue | 1623 | 1944 | Set on fire in 1941; Destroyed for good in 1944 | |
Torhovytsia | Rivne | Torhovytsia | 1820 | 1941 | burned down in WW II | |
Topory | Lviv | Great synagogue | 1700 | today warehouse | ||
Chortkiv | Ternopil | Old synagogue | 1771 | devastated in WWII | ||
Chortkiv | Ternopil | Hasidic synagogue | 1909 | devastated in WWII | ||
Uzhhorod | Transcarpathia | Uzhhorod synagogue | 1910 | profaned, today a concert hall, a protected cultural monument |
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Velykyi Bereznyj | Transcarpathia | synagogue | ||||
Welyki Mosty | Lviv | synagogue | 1900 | After 1945 warehouse. ruin today |
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Volodymyr-Wolynskyi | Wolyn | Great synagogue | 1801 | 1942 | Set on fire in WWII and badly damaged, ruin torn down around 1950 |
Web links
- Old postcards and pictures of Ukrainian synagogues - judaica.cz
- Old pictures of synagogues (many in Ukraine) - alamy.de
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 and 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, Warsaw 2015, ISBN 978-83-942048-6-0 .
- Maria and 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, Warsaw 2017, ISBN 978-83-949149-5-0 .
- Sergey R. Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin. Synagogues in Ukraine VOLHYNIA. Vol. 1 and 2. Zalman Shazar Center for Study, Jerusalem 2018, ISBN 978-965-227-342-0 .