Synagogue in Kaluga
Object Detail
Building Date
1912-1913
Synagogue active dates
until 1920s, from 2015
Reconstruction Dates
2013-2015
Architect/ Maker
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
In the 1920s and 1930s the synagogue housed a mill and later a club of trade unions.
From 1947 until 2012 the building housed a college for cultural workers.
Two rooms were added to the western part of the building in the 1960s.
A Jewish community was revived in 1999, and the synagogue was returned to it in 2013.
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
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
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
http://kaluga24.tv/staraya-kaluga-istoriya-kaluzhskoj-sinagogi/
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Kseniia Surikova
Photographer
Photograph Date
2017
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 54.512936, 36.255859