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Obj. ID: 21900
Jewish Architecture
  Soldiers' (Wooden) Synagogue in Tomsk, Russia

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 8.2015
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Name/Title
Soldiers' (Wooden) Synagogue in Tomsk | Unknown
Object Detail
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Date
1907
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Location
Russia | Tomsk (Томск)
| 15 Frunze St.
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Historical significance: Event/Period

One of two preserved wooden synagogues in Siberia

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person

The founder of the synagogues was Yaakov Tsam - the only Jewish cantonist who became an officer in the Russian Imperial Army.

Architectural Significance: Style

Wooden building with elements of provincial "Moorish style"

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Siberian wood carvings

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Donor
Josephine Urban | 2015
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