en Volgograd Synagogue

Volgograd Synagogue
Volgograd Synagogue
	The synagogue in 2012
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1888–1930); (then since 1999)
Status	Active
Location
Location	2 Balahinskaia Street, Voroshilovskiy District, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast
Country	Russia
	Location of the synagogue in Volgograd Oblast
Geographic coordinates	48°41′47″N 44°30′32″E / 48.6964°N 44.5089°E
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Completed	1888; 1999 restoration
Materials	Brick
Website
	eaicy-dar.ru (in Russian)
Invalid designation
Official name	Beit David Synagogue
Type	Monument
Criteria	Regional significance
Reference no.	3400000285

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]

On June 21, 2001 the synagogue was named after Beit David (House of David) in memory of the merits of David Ilyich Kolotilin (the former leader of a religious Jewish group that became the basis for the creation of the Volgograd Jewish religious community).^[3]

On November 20, 2007 the revived synagogue was opened after reconstruction. The ceremony was attended by the Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar.^[3]

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.
^ ^a ^b "Синагога Бейт-Давид". Хранители истории - онлайн знакомство с памятными местами Волгограда (in Russian). Retrieved December 16, 2024.