Obj. ID: 24171
Jewish Architecture Beit David Synagogue in Volgograd, Russia
The current synagogue at 6 Balakhninskaia St. was constructed c. 1900 in the “brick style” in the Zatsaritsynskaia part of the city. Local historians doubt that the building was erected as a synagogue,87 but the community is of a different opinion. The original interior structure of the building is uncertain, but it seems that the prayer hall occupied the upper floor, the windows of which were decorated by the Stars of David. The building was completely reconstructed in 1999 and since then serves as the Beit David Synagogue, named after David Kolotilin, a leader of the unofficial minyan in the late Soviet period. The prayer hall is situated in the ground floor, with communal offices on the upper floor. Since the building blocks situated between the synagogue and the Volga were destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad, today the synagogue has a marvelous view towards the river and is well seen from the embankment promenade.
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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.
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