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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Ukrzakhidprojectrestavratsiia, 1995
Name/Title
Great Synagogue in Illintsi | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Southern facade, fragment
Settings
Unknown
Date
17??
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Historical Origin
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
Unknown |
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
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
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
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
Summary and Remarks

In the later period, buttresses were added to support the northwestern and southwestern corners of the vestibule 

Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The synagogue was built in the 18th century and was functioning until the 1920s. In the 1950s-1960s, the building was changed into a furniture factory and new extensions were built. In 2019 the building was destroyed by fire.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

CJA documentation;

Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, and mass grave sites in Ukraine. United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad (Washington D.C., 2005);

Boris Khaimovich, "Istoriko-etnographicheskie ekspeditsii Peterburgskogo evreiskogo universiteta," in: V.A.Dymshitz (ed.), Istoriia evreev na Ukraine i v Belorussii: ekspeditsii, pamiatniki, nakhodki (=Trudy po iudaike, issue 2) (St. Petersburg, 1994), p. 25-26 with ill.;

Rossiiskaia evreiskaia entsiklopediia (Moscow), vol. 4 - 2000, p. 507 with ill.

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2019/11/16/ukraine-fire-destroys-former-great-synagogue-in-illintsi/

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
Y. Lifshits, L. Tsiuk |
Author of description
Vladimir Levin | 2001
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
Aliza Cohen Mushlin | 2001
Language Editor
Judy Cardozo, Sally Oren | 2001
Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
A157846