Kitajeŭskaja Synagogue, Jewish religious monument in central Minsk, Belarus

The Kitajeŭskaja Synagogue is a red-brick building at 9A Bogdanovich Street in the Troitskoye Predmestye district of Minsk. It has a rectangular plan, a large arched entrance and two smaller windows on either side of the façade. Since the 1970s it has housed the House of Nature museum.

The synagogue was built in the early 19th century, according to other sources in 1874, by Hasidim from Dzerzhinsk on Troitskoye Predmestye, where it served as the main prayer house for the old city's Jews. In the 1970s it was thoroughly renovated and handed over to the Nature Museum.

The name Kitajeŭskaja refers to Hasidic Jews called Kitajewcy, as distinct from Litvaks, and synagogues of this name existed in many towns of present-day Belarus. A Minsk legend attributes it to a merchant, Boruch Kitayevsky, who supposedly owned the building, though records do not confirm this. Since the 1970s the former prayer house has served as the House of Nature.

The building stands at 9A Bogdanovich Street in the Troitskoye Predmestye district, on the left bank of the Svislach near the old town. It has housed the Museum of Nature since the 1970s, so visiting hours follow the museum's. Look for the red-brick facade with its large arched entrance.

In the 1970s the building was thoroughly renovated and handed over to the Museum of Nature, known in Belarusian as the House of Nature. The name Kitajeŭskaja refers to Hasidic Jews called Kitajevtsy, as distinct from Litvaks, and a Minsk legend attributes it to a merchant named Boruch Kitayevsky who owned the building, though records do not confirm this.