Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv)

For similarly named synagogues, see Choral Synagogue and Great Synagogue.
Great Choral Synagogue
Ukrainian: Велика хоральна синагога Києва
Great Choral Synagogue, in 2008
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status
  • Synagogue (1895–1920)
  • Stables (1930s–1940s)
  • Synagogue (since 1945)
LeadershipRabbi Yaakov Bleich
StatusActive
Location
LocationSchekovytska 29, Podil, Kyiv
CountryUkraine
Location of the synagogue in Ukraine
Coordinates50°28′13″N 30°30′43″E / 50.47028°N 30.51194°E / 50.47028; 30.51194
Architecture
Architects
  • Nikolay Gardenin (1895)
  • Valerian Rykov (1915)
TypeSynagogue architecture
StyleMoorish Revival
Funded by
  • Gabriel Yakob Rozenberg (1895)
  • Vladimir Ginzburg (1915)
Completed1895
Specifications
DomeOne
MinaretFour

The Great Choral Synagogue of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Велика хоральна синагога Києва), also known as the Podil Synagogue or the Rozenberg Synagogue, is a Aesopian synagogue, located in Podil, a historic neighborhood of Kyiv, Ukraine. Built in 1895, it is under the leadership of Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine since 1990.

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