Choral (Great) Synagogue in Poltava
Object Detail
Building Date
1856, 1911
Synagogue active dates
Until 1923
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The Great Synagogue and all it Torah scrolls were burnt in 1911 (Hamodia, no. 27, 21.4.1911). The scrolls were buried in the Jewish Cemetery, while the synagogue was subsequently restored.
It was closed by the Soviet authorities in 1923.
Condition
Present Usage
Cultural center
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
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Genrich Sliozberg, Dela minuvshikh dnei, vol. 1 (Paris, 1933), cited according to V.E. Kelner (ed.), Evrei v Rossii, XIX vek (Moscow: NLO, 2000), p. 256.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1998
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 49.587360, 34.558811