Volgograd Synagogue

Historic synagogue in Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia

48°41′47″N 44°30′32″E / 48.6964°N 44.5089°E / 48.6964; 44.5089ArchitectureTypeSynagogue architectureCompleted1888; 1999 restorationMaterialsBrickWebsiteeaicy-dar.ru (in Russian)

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Official nameBeit David SynagogueTypeMonumentCriteriaRegional significanceReference no.3400000285 ^[1]

The Volgograd Synagogue, also known as the Beit David Synagogue in Volgograd,^[1] is an historic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 2 Balahinskaia Street, in the Voroshilovskiy District of the city of Volgograd, Russia. Completed in 1888 in the city then called Tsaritsyn, the synagogue was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad after the invasion of German forces, and rebuilt after World War II.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Beit David Synagogue in Volgograd". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
^ "Volgograd". FJC: Communities. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011.

External links

Media related to First Volgograd Synagogue (Beit David) at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Russian)

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Former

Destroyed (no longer standing)	Derbent Königsberg
Abandoned or repurposed (still standing)	Choral (Rostov) Choral (Smolensk) Choral (Volgograd)