Great Synagogue in Kobrin
Object Detail
Building Date
Second half of the 19th century
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Abandoned
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Part of shulhoyf
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)
Bibliography
CJA;
Mikhail Kheifets, "Evreiskoe nasledie Belorussii," in: V.A.Dymshitz (ed.), Istoriia evreev na Ukraine i v Belorussii: ekspeditsii, pamiatniki, nakhodki (=Trudy po iudaike, issue 2) (St. Petersburg, 1994), p. 46;
Pinkas hakehilot: Polin, vol. 5: Vohlin ve-polesie (Jerusalem, 1990), p. 307;
Rossiiskaia evreiskaia entsiklopediia (Moscow), vol. 5 - 2004, p. 114 with ill.;
Evreiskaia Entsiklopediia, 16 vols. (St. Petersburg, 1908-1913), vol. 9, p. 575;
http://globus.tut.by/kobrin/index.htm#sinag;
Svod pamiatnikov istorii i kul'tury Belorussii. Brestskaia oblast' (Minsk, 1990), p. 248;
http://kobrinsynagogue.com/project.asp
Niunkaitė Račiūnienė, Aistė. Lietuvos žydu̜ tradicinio meno ir simboliu̜ pasaulis: Atvaizdai, vaizdiniai ir tekstai. Vilnius: Valstybinis Vilniaus Gaono Žydu̜ Muziejus, 2011. P. 462.
"Belarus: The abandoned Great Synagogue in Kobrin, Belarus is up for auction,"
Jewish Heritage Europe, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2025/04/27/belarus-kobrin/.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
2006
Remarks
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