Astrakhan, Sephardi Synagogue 1990s photo
Chelyabinsk, Refugees and deportees of World War I in the Chelyabinsk Synagogue , 1915
Chelyabinsk, Synagogue Entrance 1999. Photo by S. Levin
Chelyabinsk, Restored Synagogue 2001
Dnepropetrovsk, Golden Rose Synagogue From a postcard of the early 20th century
Dnepropetrovsk, Synagogue after renovation, the festive opening September 20, 2000
Dnepropetrovsk, Interior of the Synagogue
Dnepropetrovsk, Entrance to the prayer hall
Elisavetgrad, Choral Synagogue, Old postcard
Gomel, Returned building of the former Rosh Pina Synagogue, 1999 photo
Irkutsk, Synagogue, 1995 photo
Irkutsk, Prayer hall of the Synagogue, 1995
Irkutsk, Renovated prayer hall, 2000
Kamenets-Podolsk, Former Great Synagogue. Burned down during World War II. Rebuilt in the 1970s as a restaurant.
Photo from the mid-1990s by Yuli Lifshits
Kazan, Plan for a prayer house facade. The Russian State Historical Archive of St. Petersburg
Kazan, Renovated facade, 1997
Kerch, Facade of renovated Synagogue, July 2001. Photo by V. Kantor
Kharkov, The Choral Synagogue Exterior,
Photo by E. Kotlyar 1995
Kherson, Synagogue before renovation,1998
Kherson, Renovated facade, Photo by V. Kantor 2000
Kherson, Detail of facade, Photo by V. Kantor
Kiev, Celebration of Rosh HaShana in the "Merchants' Synagogue 1924. Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem
Kiev, Kiev. Synagogue on Shchekavitskaya Street
Photo taken in 2001
Kiev, Brodsky Choral Synagogue, Photo from the early 1900s
Kiev, Synagogue after restoration, 2001
Kiev, Renovated entrance to the Synagogue
Photo by S. Levin
Kiev, Renovated prayer hall of the synagogue, 2000
Kirovograd, Returned Synagogue, Recent photo
Kishinev, Synagogue on Diorditsa Street, Photo by S. Levin
Khmelnitsky, Synagogue was torn down in 1991
Photo by Author. 1985
Kostroma, Replacing the paneling of the building, 2000
Kostroma, Before the renovation
Kostroma, Restored exterior of the side of the building. On the right: new emergency exit from the prayer hall 2001
Kostroma, New window frames and jambs
Kostroma, Prayer hall after renovation, 2001
Krasnoyarsk, Small House given to the Jewish Community in Krasnoyarsk in compensation for a synagogue building.
In 1991 the house was converted into a synagogue with aid of local contributors
Kuba, Synagogue before renovation, Photo 1994
Kuba, Synagogue after partial renovation, November 1996
Lvov, Synagogue on Ugolnaya Street, Photo from the 1990s.
Center for Jewish Art. Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Lvov, Synagogue facade, 1998
Lvov, Ceiling fresco. Foam rubber support inserted to protect the ceiling fresco during repairs
Lutsk, The Fortress Synagogue. Built in 1626. An-sky Collection.
St. Petersburg Judaica Center
Minsk, State Jewish Theater of Belarussia, formerly the Minsk Choral Synagogue.1930s photo. YIVO Institute
Minsk, Russian Drama Theater, formerly the Minsk Choral Synagogue, totally remodeled. 1999 photo.
Minsk, Renovated back facade of the main building, 2000
Minsk, Side exterior after painting, 1999
Minsk, Facade of the main building, November 1999
Mogilev, Wooden Synagogue. An-sky collection.
St. Petersburg Judaica Center
Moscow, Moscow Choral Synagogue, Entrance
1997 Photo
Moscow, Choral Synagogue. After restoration with new dome. August 2001
Moscow, The Hasidic Synagogue in Marina Roshcha. Built in 1926. Destroyed by fire in 1993.
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia
Moscow, Memorial Synagogue on Poklonnaya Gora. Photo by N. Koifman. The Russian Jewish Congress
Moscow, New Marina Roshcha Synagogue, March 1997
Moscow, Synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya Street, 2000
Nalchik, New Synagogue of the Mountain Jews. Interior. 1997
Nikolaev, Returned Synagogue, 1999 photo
Nizhnii Novgorod , Facade of the Choral Synagogue
Odessa, Brody Synagogue, built in the 1860s. Old postcard. Chanzanovich Collection. Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem
Odessa, The "Dinamo" Factory at 14 Olgievskaya Street Odessa. A former synagogue. Building in poor condition
Photo 1998
Odessa, View of the synagogue after renovation, 1998
Odessa, Prayer hall
Odessa, Interior of the prayer hall
Omsk, Wooden Synagogue, Photo from the early 1990s
Omsk, Director of the CIS program of the JDC, Asher Ostrin (left) and JDC regional director for Siberia, Seymor Epstein, at the opening of the renovated Synagogue.
December 1996
Oni, Synagogue in the city of Oni, Georgia
Penza, Facade of the community center, 1996
Penza, Facade after renovation. In order to unify the style
of the building, the pilasters were extended to the 3dr storey.
2001
Penza, Corridor of the 2nd storey, before renovation
Penza, Corridor after renovation
Perm, Returned Synagogue. A bank is located in the first floor. 1990s
Rovno, Synagogue, 1998
Rybinsk, Former Synagogue, 1995
Samara, Choral Synagogue in Samara in the early 1900s
YIVO Institute New York
Samara, Synagogue on Chapaev Str. 1997
Samara, Synagogue on Chapaev Street, Interior, 1997
St. Petersburg, Choral Synagogue, Photo by Y. Aleinikov. 2000
St. Petersburg, Choral Synagogue Interior, Photo by Y. Aleinikov. 2000
Smolensk, Vocational School Smolensk, former Choral Synagogue, Photo 1998
Smolensk, Former Choral Synagogue. Old postcard. St. Petersburg Judaica Center
Tbilisi, Ashkenazi Synagogue, Photo 1996
Tbilisi, Synagogue of the Georgian Jews, 1995 photo
Tbilisi, Details of the painting in the ceiling from
the Tbilisi Synagogue of the Georgian Jews
1995 photo
Tyumen, Ruins of the Tyumen Synagogue, January 1996
Tyumen, Beginning of the renovation: two meters of debris were removed along with pieces of the ruined ceiling, holes in the main walls were filled with brick. Heads of the community Raphael Goldberg (left) and Semyon Rozenberg on the construction site.
June 2000
Tyumen, Detail of the facade, 2001
Tyumen, Reconstructed synagogue, December 2001
Ufa, Foyer of the Philharmonic Hall in Ufa, formerly the prayer hall of the synagogue. 1994 photo
Ufa, Philharmonic Hall, formerly a synagogue. Built in 1908 and closed in 1929. 1996 photo
Vinnitsa, Synagogue facade after renovation, 1998
Vitebsk, Great Synagogue in Vitebsk, old postcard. Built in the early 19th century. YIVO Institute New York
Voronezh, Voronezh Synagogue main entrance
September 2000
Voronezh, Exterior side view
Voronezh, Rear view
Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl. Part of the "Tse U'lmad" Jewish Culture Center after explosion. 1996
Yaroslavl, Workers' dormitory, 1994
Yaroslavl, Tse U'lmad Jewish Culture Center, 1996 photo
Zhitomir, Synagogue and house of the rabbi, 1998