- Bolshoy Spasoglinischevsky Lane 10, Bld 1
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55.755514, 37.635332 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Moscow Choral Synagogue. Metal plaque to the right of the main entrance
- The first patronymic from the English text
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Peretsovich
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Историческая справка
The history of Judaism in Russia dates back to the 17th century when the first Jewish merchants came to the German Quarter (Nemetskaya Sloboda) in Moscow, where most of the foreigners lived. The first synagogue in Moscow was only built in 1870. Today, the Moscow Choral Synagogue is located not far from the place where that synagogue used to stand.
The Moscow Choral Synagogue is one of the main synagogues in Russia and in the former Soviet Union. It is located close to the former Jewish settlement in Zaryadye. In the 19th century, the Moscow authorities had officially banned synagogue construction inside Kitai-gorod, and thus it was built one block east from its walls to make it possible to reach the temple on foot on Shabbat.
The Choral Synagogue was built in 1891 by the architect Semeon Eybushits, an Austrian citizen worked in Moscow, in the Classicism style. Unfortunately, the Moscow authorities required the builders to remove the completed dome and the exterior image of the scrolls of Moses (they were restored only in 2001). The synagogue itself wasn't opened that year as Grand Prince Sergey Alexandrovich, who had just been appointed Governor-General of Moscow, aimed to evict all the Jews from the city.
The situation changed only in 1905 when the Tsar's Manifesto of October 17 proclaimed freedom of religion. The famous Moscow architect Roman Klein undertook restoration work, bringing the artistic sophistication of Art Nouveau to the design of the Great Prayer Hall. On June 1, 1906, the grand opening of the Moscow synagogue finally took place. It operated throughout the Soviet period, although the Moscow authorities annexed some parts of the original building for secular purposes in 1923 and 1960.
In October, 1948, Golda Meir, the first representative from Israel to the Soviet Union, paid an unauthorized visit to the synagogue to attend Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services, enraging the Soviet government. Her historical meeting with Moscow Jews near the synagogue in Bolshoy Spasogolinischevsky Lane was depicted on the Israeli 10 shekel banknote for a long time.
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