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Synagogue in Kaluga
Object Detail

Building Date
1912-1913

Synagogue active dates
until 1920s, from 2015

Reconstruction Dates
2013-2015

Community

Location
Russia | Kaluga (Калуга)
| 41 Dzerzhinskogo St.

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

Photographer
Photograph Date
2017

Remarks

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