Synagogue in Tyumen, Regional cultural heritage synagogue on Kirov Street 44, Tyumen, Russia.
The Synagogue in Tyumen is a religious building on Kirov Street 44 designed with a traditional Jewish layout. The main prayer hall follows classical architectural principles with a central arrangement for worship.
The synagogue was founded in 1911, when Rabbi Eisenstadt of Yalutorovsk initiated construction on Voynovskaya Street with funding from Tyumen's Jewish community; it opened on 26 August 1912. The authorities confiscated the building in 1930, and it served as a dormitory, library, warehouse, music school, philharmonic branch and film-rental office before standing roofless and windowless by the 1980s. It was handed to the Madregot religious organization on 3 February 1993 and restored by architect Gennady Bordakov in December 2001, with funding from the Aviva society, the community and the regional budget under Governor Sergei Sobyanin.
The synagogue functions as an active place for Jewish prayer and community gatherings in Tyumen today. Visitors can experience religious services and local community events taking place regularly within its walls.
The synagogue stands at Kirov Street 44 in the Kalininsky district, on the site of the former Voynovskaya Street. The building was returned to the Jewish religious organisation Madregot on 3 February 1993 and reopened after restoration in December 2001. Visitors should time a visit around prayer services rather than assume fixed opening hours.
Between 2010 and 2016 the synagogue hosted interfaith music festivals bringing together Tyumen's Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities. A small museum inside traces the history of the city's Jewish diaspora.
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