Affiliation Orthodox Judaism Completed 1895 Opened 1895 | Status Active Construction started 1895 | |
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Location Schekovytska 29, Podil
Kiev, Ukraine Leadership Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich Architectural style Moorish Revival architecture Architects Valerian Rykov, Nikolay Gardenik Similar Galitska Synagogue, Uzhgorod Synagogue, Great Synagogue - Lutsk, Gwoździec Synagogue, Brodsky Synagogue | ||
The Great Choral Synagogue of Kiev, also known as the Podil Synagogue or the Rozenberg Synagogue, is the oldest synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine. It is situated in Podil, a historic neighborhood of Kiev.
History
The Aesopian synagogue was built in 1895. It was designed in Neo-Moorish style by Nikolay Gordenin. Gabriel Yakob Rozenberg, a merchant, financed the building. In 1915 the building was reconstructed by Valerian Rykov. The reconstruction was financed by Vladimir Ginzburg, a nephew of Rozenberg.
In 1929, the synagogue was closed. During the German occupation of Kiev in World War II, the Nazis converted the building into a horse stable.
Since 1945, the building has again been used as a synagogue. In 1992, Yaakov Bleich was appointed rabbi of the Jewish community of Kiev and chief rabbi of Ukraine.