Material & Technique
Brick plastered walls, wooden roof constructions.

Measurements
Maximum 11.28 m
Maximum 10.12 m
Maximum Length: 14.87 m

Directions
Axis: southeast – northwest
Main facade: southeast
Entrance: southeast, northwest (optional)
Torah ark: southeast
Apse: none
Niche: southeast
Bimah: unknown
Platform: not relevant
Seating: unknown
Women’s section: northwest gallery
Prayer orientation: southeast
Jerusalem: southeast
 

Fig. 1. Site plan

Description
The building is situated on a separate plot, aligned with the sequence of common buildings on the sloping Sadovskogo Street (fig. 1).  It consists of a main rectangular volume, which contained a prayer hall with a gabled roof, and a narrow, lower rectangular vestibule with a staircase attached to its northwest side (figs. 2-3).
 

Fig. 2. Possible reconstruction of the plan of the first floor.
 

The southeast facade (fig. 4) is crowned by a moulded cornice topped by a small attic with three turrets.  The facade itself is divided into two window bays, framed by Lombard bands topped with small arcades.  The Lombard bands have quasi-plinths and protruding quasi-capitals in the middle of their height, and are decorated with stylized fluting.  The bays are each articulated by an arched niche emphasized by a top moulding, which encloses a pair of arched windows surmounted by a round one.  The socle level beneath the windows is articulated by a large rectangular moulded frame flanked by two smaller ones.  Probably, only the eastern frames had cellar windows, and the western frames were decorative.  The staircase volume (figs. 3, 4) is set back from the street line.  On the street line, there are two balusters flanking the entrance.  The staircase, originally integrated into the entrance building, led onto the main floor.  The entrance opening is flanked by pilaster strips and crowned by a gable.  In the upper part of this volume, on its southeast side, there is a round window giving light to the staircase.
 

Fig. 4. Computer reconstruction, view from east.
 

The northwest facade (fig. 6), at the rear of the main volume, is not decorated with Lombard bands, although articulated similarly as the street front.  Between the two niches, there is a round window, which gave light to the women’s gallery.  The entrance to the staircase to the women’s gallery was probably through the northwest side of the staircase volume.  The entrance to the cellar is situated beneath the women’s entrance.  The northeast and southwest walls of the main volume were probably decorated by Lombard bands with small arches.  The northeast wall of the staircase was not decorated (figs. 5, 6, 7).
 

Fig. 6. Computer reconstruction, view from north.
 

The prayer hall (figs. 2, 3, 8, 9) was entered through a door on its northeast wall.  The Torah ark was situated on the southeast wall, between the two groups of windows.  Opposite in the northwest part of the prayer hall, a gallery for women was placed. It was entered through a staircase in the northeast volume and from there through a door on the northeast wall of the gallery. The gallery was lighted by the upper parts of the large round windows on the northwest wall and by a small round window between them.
 

Fig. 8. Computer reconstruction. Interior view towards southeast and Torah ark.