List of synagogues in Ukraine

This List of synagogues in Ukraine contains active, otherwise used and destroyed synagogues in Ukraine. In all cases the year of the completion of the building is given. Italics indicate an approximate date.

Location	Oblast	Name	Built	Destroyed	Remarks	Picture
Alushta	Republic of Crimea	Alushta Synagogue		2007–2008		[1]
Belz	Lviv	Belz Old Synagogue				[2]
Belz	Lviv	Belz New Synagogue	1843	1950s		[3]
Berdyansk	Zaporizhia	Berdyansk Synagogue				[4], [5]
Berdychiv	Zhytomyr	Berdychiv Synagogue	1850			[6]
Berehove	Zakarpattia	Great Synagogue	1890		closed in 1959, covered by concrete shell and used as theatre
Bershad	Vinnytsia	Synagogue	1820		neither destroyed during World War II nor closed after the war; still active
Bila Tserkva	Kiev	Great Synagogue	1860		closed around 1930. Building well preserved. Used as college
Bilky	Zakarpattia	Bilky Synagogue				[7]
Boiany	Chernivtsi	Boiany Synagogue				[8]
Brody	Lviv	Brody Synagogue	1742	1943		[9], [10], [11]
Chernivtsi	Chernivtsi	Synagogue Chernivtsi	1873–1878		closed in 1940, later burnt down 1959 partially rebuilt and used as a cinema
Chervonohrad	Lviv	Chervonohrad Synagogue				[12]
Chop	Zakarpattia	Synagogue Chop	1908
Chortkiv	Ternopil	Chortkiv Synagogue	1881–1885	after 1945		[13]
Dnipro	Dnipropetrovsk	Golden Rose Synagogue	1868		1924 workers club and storehouse 1996 returned to Jewish community
Dolyna (Terebovlia) (Janów Trembovelski)	Ternopil	Dolyna (Terebovlia) Synagogue	1700	1941	Built around 1700; burnt down in WW II
Donetsk	Donetsk	Donetsk Synagogue	1887			[14]
Dowhe	Zakarpattia	Dowhe Synagogue				[15]
Drohobych	Lviv	Choral-Synagogue	1844–1863		warehouse after WW II later ruined renovated since 2016
Drohobych	Lviv	Progressive Synagogue	1909			[16]
Druzkopol	Volyn	Druzkopol Synagogue				[17]
Dubno	Rivne	Dubno Synagogue	1782-1784	1939		[18]
Yevpatoria	Crimea	Yevpatoria Synagogue				[19]
Yevpatoria	Crimea	Yevpatoria Kariate Synagogue				[20]
Feodosia	Crimea	Feodosia Choral Synagogue				[21]
Halych	Ivano-Frankivsk	Halych Synagogue	16th century			[22], [23]
Horokhiv	Volyn	Horokhiv Synagogue				[24], [25]
Horodok	Lviv	Horodok, Lviv Oblast Synagogue				[26]
Husiatyn	Ternopil	Synagogue Husiatyn	1654		damaged during WW II 1960 renovated, museum deteriorating since 1990
Hvizdets	Ivano-Frankivsk	Gwoździec Synagogue	1640	1941	wooden Synagogue, damaged during WW I, 1941 completely burnt down
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk Great Synagogue	1894-1895
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk Otyner Kloyz Synagogue
Kamianets-Podilskyi	Khmelnytskyi	Kamianets-Podilskyi Synagogue	1850 middle of 18th century		today used as restaurant
Kharkiv	Kharkiv	Choral-Synagogue	1913		biggest synagogue in Ukraine
Kherson	Kherson	Kherson Old Synagogue	1780	1940s		[27]
Kherson	Kherson	Kherson New Synagogue	1895			[28]
Khodoriv	Lviv	Khodoriv Synagogue	17th century	1940s		[29]
Kiev	Kiev	Great Choral Synagogue	1895		1929 riding stable after 1945 again used as synagogue
Kiev	Kiev	Brodsky Choral Synagogue	1898		1929 artists club 1941 horse stable 1955 puppet theatre 1997 returned to Jewish community
Kiev	Kiev	Karaite Kenesa	1902		belonged to the der Karaite Community, after 1919/1926 no longer used as a synagogue
Kiev	Kiev	Galitska Synagogue	1910		1930 closed as a synagogue 2001 returned to the Jewish community
Kolomyia	Ivano-Frankivsk	Kolomyia Synagogue	second half 19th century	1941		[30]
Kozliv	Ternopil	Kozliv Synagogue				[31]
Kremenchuk	Poltava	Kremenchuk Synagogue	19th century	1994		[32]
Kremenets	Ternopil	Kremenets Synagogue		1941		[33]
Kropyvnytskyi (Kirovograd)	Kirovohrad	Kropyvnytskyi Choral Synagogue	1895-1897			[34]
Liuboml	Volyn	Liuboml Synagogue	1510	1947		[35]
Lutsk	Volyn	Wooden Synagogue				[36]
Lutsk	Volyn	Great Synagogue	1626–1629		after 1942 partially destroyed after 1970 restored today used as a sports club
Lviv	Lviv	Golden Rose Synagogue	1582	1941
Lviv	Lviv	Great Suburb Synagogue	1633	1941
Lviv	Lviv	Great City Synagogue	1801	1943
Lviv	Lviv	Jakob Glanzer Shul	1844		1941 used as a horse stable after 1945 school after 1989 Jewish cultural centre
Lviv	Lviv	Tempel Synagogue	1840–1846	1941
Lviv	Lviv	Tsori Gilod Synagogue	1925		also known as Beis Aharon V'Yisrael Synagogue 1941 used as a horse stable afterwards storehouse after 1989 returned to the Jewish community
Mariupol	Donetsk	Mariupol Synagogue	1882			[37]
Mykolaiv	Mykolaiv	Mykolaiv Synagogue	1880–1884			[38]
Odessa	Odessa	Or-Sameach Synagogue	1855		since 1923 used as a museum, music theater, sports hall 1996 returned to Jewish community	Or-Sameach-Synagoge
Odessa	Odessa	Beit Chabad Synagogue	1893			Bejt-Chabat-Synagoge
Odessa	Odessa	Brodsky Synagogue	1863–1867		since 1925 workers club "Rosa Luxemburg" later city archive 2016 returned to Jewish community
Odessa	Odessa	Kenesa-Synagogue	1895			Karaite-Kenesa
Odessa	Odessa	Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue	1890			Nachlas Elieser Synagoge (2014)
Olyka	Volyn	Olyka Great Synagogue	1879	1942	Wooden synagogue; destroyed sometime after liquidation of ghetto (July 1942)	1925
Oleksandriia	Kirovohrad	Oleksandriia Synagogue				[39]
Oleksandrivsk	Luhansk	Oleksandrivsk Synagogue				[40]
Pavlivka	Volyn	Pavlivka Synagogue	18th century	1940s		[41]
Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast (Golta)	Mykolaiv	Pervomaisk Synagogue	1908			[42]
Pidhaitsi	Ternopil	Pidhaitsi Synagogue	1648		in ruinous state
Pohrebyshche	Vinnytsia	Pohrebyshche Synagogue	1690	1941	since 1928 workers club destroyed during WW II
Radomyshl	Zhytomyr	Radomyshl Synagogue	1887	1930	burnt down in 1926; demolished in the 1930s
Rivne	Rivne	Rivne Synagogue	1840–1874			[43], [44]
Sadhora	Chernivtsi	Sadhora Hasidic Synagogue	19th century
Sataniv	Khmelnytskyi	Sataniv Synagogue	1514		probably the oldest synagogue in Ukraine
Sharhorod	Vinnytsia	Synagogue	1589		one of the oldest synagogues in Ukraine
Simferopol	Crimea	Simferopol Synagogue	1881	1975		[45]
Skhidnytsia	Lviv	Skhidnytsia Synagogue	1880		only wooden synagogue in Ukraine that still exists
Storozhynets	Chernivtsi	Storozhynets Synagogue	1890			[46]
Stryi	Lviv	Stryi Small Synagogue	1689		reconstruction around 1886	[47]
Ternopil	Ternopil	Ternopil Synagogue	1622–1628	1940s		[48]
Tulchyn	Vinnytsia	Tulchyn Synagogue	1815	1948–1949		[49]
Uzhhorod	Zakarpattia	Synagogue Uschhorod	1910		not used as a synagogue concert hall,
Velyki Mosty	Lviv	Synagogue	1900		deteriorating since 1950
Vinnytsia	Vinnytsia	Vinnytsia Synagogue	1904			[50]
Voinyliv	Ivano-Frankivsk	Voinyliv Synagogue				[51]
Volodymyr-Volynskyi	Volyn	Volodymyr-Volynskyi Great Synagogue		after 1945		[52], [53]
Vyzhnytsia	Chernivtsi	Vyzhnytsia Synagogue				[54]
Vyzhnytsia	Chernivtsi	Vyzhnytsia Mendel Synagogue	late 19th century			[55]
Vyzhnytsia	Chernivtsi	Vyzhnytsia Hasidic Synagogue	19th century			[56]
Zabolotiv	Ivano-Frankivsk	Zabolotiv Synagogue	19th century			[57]
Zaporizhia	Zaporizhia	Zaporizhia Synagogue	19th century			[58]
Zarichanka (Lanckorun)	Khmelnytskyi	Zarichanka Synagogue	end of 17th century	1940s		[59]
Zhovkva	Lviv	Zhovkva Synagogue	1690–1692			[60], [61]
Zhuravne	Lviv	Zhuravne Synagogue				[62]

External links

• [63] Old postcards and photos of synagogues in Ukraine
• [64] Old pictures of synagogues (many in Ukraine) - alamy.de

Literature

• Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka: Landscape With Menorah: Jews in the towns and cities of the former Rzeczpospolita of Poland and Lithuania. Salix alba Press, Warsaw 2015, ISBN 978-83-930937-7-9.
• Maria und Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven’s Gates. Wooden synagogues in the territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commenwealth. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warschau 2015, ISBN 978-83-942048-6-0.
• Maria und Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven’s Gates. Masonry synagogues in the territories of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warschau 2017, ISBN 978-83-949149-5-0.
• Sergey R. Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin. Synagogues in Ukraine VOLHYNIA Volume 1 and 2. The Center Of Jewish Art. ISBN 978-965-227-342-0.