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Obj. ID: 40014
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  Soviet Synagogue in Saratov, Russia

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2021
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Name/Title
Soviet Synagogue in Saratov | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
early 20th century
Active dates
1947-2010
Reconstruction dates
2019 as museum
Artist/ Maker
Unknown
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
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Location
Russia | Saratov (Саратов)
| 208 Posadskogo St.
Site
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School/Style
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Period
Period Detail
Collection
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Documentation / Research project
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32 image(s)    items per page
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
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Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Brick
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Communal Jewish Museum
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
1 (Local)
0
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

Between 1939 and 1946, there was no synagogue in Saratov. 

A new Jewish community was officially registered in 1946. In 1947, it was able to purchase a small brick dwelling house (208 Posadskogo St.). In 1958, a mikveh was constructed in the synagogue’s yard – probably the only mikveh built in the post-war USSR. This Soviet-time synagogue held prayers until recently.

Since the 2000s, Saratov has had two communities: the non-Hasidic one develops the plot acquired during the Soviet period, while the community led by Chabad received the historical plot at Gogolia St.

 The Litvak community (belongs to the Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia, KEROOR), turned a small Soviet synagogue into a community Museum and built a new synagogue nearby. The Beit Shimshon Synagogue with a prominent dome was constructed in 2010–2015; it also houses communal spaces and a mikveh. The community museum houses both the Soviet artifacts and ritual objects from the historical synagogue at Gogolia St. that were received from the local museum in the 1990s. 

Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Levin, Vladimir and Anna Berezin, Jewish Material Culture along the Volga
Preliminary. Expedition Report (The Center for Jewish Art, 2021), https://cja.huji.ac.il/home/pics/projects/CJA_Report_on_the_Volga_expedition_2021.pdf (accessed June 6, 2023)

Levin, Vladimir and Anna Berezin, “Jewish Prayer in the Heart of Russia: Synagogues along the Volga,” Ars Judaica 18 (2022): 111–44, https://doi.org/10.3828/arsjudaica.2022.18.6.
Type
Documenter
Vladimir Levin, Ekaterina Oleshkevich, Ekaterina Sosensky, Anna Berezin | 2021
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
Dr. Betsy Gidwitz | 2021
Negative/Photo. No.
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