Perm Synagogue, Regional cultural heritage synagogue in Perm, Russia.
The Perm Synagogue is a two-storey stone building on Yekaterininskaya Street, completed in 1913. Its facade has a central section flanked by two risalits that once carried domes, now lost; the lower eastern part holds the stairwell. Windows are rectangular, triple in the centre, with simple surrounds, and coved ceilings cover the prayer hall and the wide stone staircase with cast-iron balusters.
The Jewish community of Perm had a wooden prayer house by 1877 on the site of the present synagogue. In 1912 the city building board approved plans for a stone synagogue, and the stone building was completed in 1913. Authorities closed it in November 1929; it later housed the Perm Theatre of Working Youth, Energosbyt and the Perm Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. It was returned to the community in 1994.
The building on Yekaterininskaya Street houses the Jewish Religious Society of Perm, and the ground floor is rented by a commercial organisation. The prayer hall sits above a wide stone staircase with cast-iron balusters, under coffered ceilings.
The building is reachable by public transportation and located in an easily accessible part of the city. Visitors should contact the administration in advance to arrange access and learn the best times to visit.
The building's facade was originally crowned by two cupolas above its side projections; these were later lost. The main hall and the wide stone staircase with cast-iron balusters are covered by coffered ceilings. Since 1994 the building has again housed the Jewish religious society of Perm, while a commercial organisation rents the ground floor.
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