Great Synagogue in Chernivtsi
Object Detail
Building Date
1820s-1853
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The building of the synagogue was started probably in the 1820s, but continued about 30 years, and was complicated only in 1853. It was closed by the Soviet authorities in 1959 and the building was converted into a furniture fabric in the 1960s. For that purpose, intermediately floors were inserted in the interior.
Condition
Present Usage
No information
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Wall paintings
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)
Bibliography
CJA documentation; Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, and mass grave sites in Ukraine. United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad (Washington D.C., 2005);
Yantovskii, Shimon, Sud'by evreiskikh obshchin i ikh sinagog, SSSR, 1976-1987 (Jerusalem, 2003), ills on p. 402;
Hugo Gold (ed.), Geschichte der Juden in der Bukowina, 2 vols (Tel Aviv, 1958-1962), vol. 1, ill. on titlepage, ills. on Tafel I, Tage IV;
Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums 22 (1854): 271;
Sergey Kravtsov, “Jewish Identities in Synagogue Architecture of Galicia and Bukovina,” Ars Judaica 6 (2010): 83-84.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Sergey Kravtsov
Photographer
Photograph Date
2004
Remarks
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