Synagogue Grand Choral

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THE GRAND CHORAL SYNAGOGUE, located at 2 Lermontovsky Avenue. An architectural monument, constructed in 1883-93 for the needs of the Judaic community of St. Petersburg. The construction was financed by Baron G. E. Ginzburg (architects I. I. Shaposhnikov and L. I. Bakhman, with the assistance of architect V. A. Schreter). The building was crowned with a large cupola and rests on a stylobate and is separated from the street by a tracery grille (1913, architect A. D. Schwarzmann). The facades were decorated in Arabesque style; the prayer hall holds 1,200 people. A hospice and House of Jewish Schools function under the care of the Synagogue Grand Choral. The services at the Grand Choral Synagogue have never ceased, even during the Siege of 1941-44.

References: Гессен В. Ю. Санкт-Петербургская хоральная синагога // История Петербурга. 2001. № 4. С. 64-69.

S. V. Boglachev. Bakhman Lev Isaakovich
Ginzburg Horace Evzelevich
Schreter Viktor Alexandrovich
Schwarzmann A.D.
Shaposhnikov Ivan Ivanovich
Lermontovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 2
Гессен В. Ю. Санкт-Петербургская хоральная синагога // История Петербурга, 2001 1893