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Object Alone
Beit Midrash of the Olyka Hasidim at 40 Khmelnytskoho St. in Lutsk
Object Detail

Building Date
1850-1900?

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1960s

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Ukraine | Volynska obl. | Lutsk (Луцьк)
| 40 Khmelnytskoho St.

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Note by Sergey Kravtsov, Thursday, May 05, 2011

The name of the synagogue is unknown. It was a synagogue, was ruined, and its ruins were reconstructed in the Smena Cinema Theatre. Information from Don Shoykhetman, he took part in its refurbishing, and heard the story from local Ukrainian workers.  


Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Cinema

Present Usage Details

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)

Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)

Bibliography
CJA documentation; Rostislav Metel'nits'kyi, Deiaki storinky evreis'koi zabudovy Luts'ka (Kyiv, 2001), p. 72

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2011

Remarks

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