[1] The Karaite synagogue was designed by Władysław Horodecki, a Roman Catholic from Poland; and was built from 1898 to 1902 in the Moorish Revival style.

[2][dead link‍][1] Karaites first appeared on the territory of modern Ukraine in the 1230s - almost immediately after the Mongol invasion of Kyivan Rus'.

In 1795 the legislation of the Russian Empire established a distinction between the Karaites and Jews, freeing the former from the discriminatory double taxation.

The purchase of land for the construction of Kenesa and a dwelling house (the proceeds of which would go to the benefit of Karaite community), was gifted by Solomon Kogen, at a cost of 35,000 Empire rubles.

Under the influence of the gas-laden atmosphere and repeated painting, its color changed to dark, though in the first few decades it had a much brighter tint.