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Obj. ID: 14088
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  Synagogue of Lazar Brodsky in Kyiv, Ukraine

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2011
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Name/Title
Synagogue of Lazar Brodsky in Kyiv | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1897-1898
Active dates
Until 1926, from 1997
Reconstruction dates
2000 (Yu. Paskevich)
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Ashkenazi | Progressive
| (after 1997 - Habad)
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Ukraine | Kyivs'ka obl. | Kyiv (Київ)
| 13 Shota Rustaveli St.
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
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Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Iconographical Subject
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
Unknown
Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Brick
Measurements
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Length
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Thickness
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Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Synagogue
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
A rare example of a synagogue in Neo-Russian style.
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
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Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Closed 1926, turned into club, later - youth theater, returned in 1992-1997, in 2000 reconstructed by arch. Yu. Paskevich.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Beizer, Michael. Our Legacy: The CIS Synagogues, Past and Present (Moscow-Jerusalem: Gesharim - Mosty Kultury, 2002), pp. 124-128 with ills.

Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, and Mass Grave Sites in Ukraine (Washington, DC: U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, 2005), https://jewishheritageguide.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/uscpaha_jewish_survey_ukraine_2005.pdf (accessed December 1, 2021)

Kal'nyts'kyj, Mikhailo. Evrejs'ki adresy Kyeva / Jewish Addresses of Kiev (Kiev, 2008).

Rossiiskaia evreiskaia entsiklopediia, vols 4 and 5 (Moscow, 2000, 2004)
Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, and mass grave sites in Ukraine. United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad (Washington D.C., 2005). Beizer, pp. 124-128 with ills.; REE, vol. 5, p. 78, 82, ill. on p. 83; Gershuni, p. 64; EE, vol. 9, ill. after p. 519; Natan Meir, "Mnogolikost' evreiskoi blagotvoritel'nosti v Kieve, 1859-1914 gg.," Ab Imperio, 2003, no. 4, pp. 185-215 (p. 196-7); Natan M. Meir, Kiev, Jewish Metropolis: A History, 1859-1914 (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2010), p. 170-173; Likhodedov-2007, ills. 209-212 on pp. 110-111; Mikhailo Kal'nyts'kyj, Evrejs'ki adresy Kyeva / Jewish Addresses of Kiev (Kiev, 2008) with ill; Khiterer-1999, ill. After p. 156;
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