Ostroh, Ukraine
Great Maharsha Synagogue
The Great Maharsha Synagogue is a former Jewish synagogue, located in Ostroh, in the Rivne Oblast of Ukraine. With a congregation established in the1550s, the synagogue was completed in the 1627 in what was, at the time, the Polish—Lithuanian Commonwealth, with the building named in honour of Rabbi Shmuel Eidels. Abandoned in the 1940s, the synagogue was partially destroyed by the Nazis during World War II, and subsequently used by Soviet authorities as a warehouse.
- City
- Ostroh
- Country
- Ukraine
- Category
- Religious
- Suggested visit
- About 45 minutes
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Background: Wikipedia