Soldier Synagogue (Rostov-on-Don)

[2] Completed in 1872, the synagogue was burnt down during the pogrom of 1905, and it was restored in 1913-1914 by Yakov Gevirts in the Art Nouveau style.

[3] The Soldier Synagogue is listed on the Russian cultural heritage register of regional significance.

On May 31, 1862, the Yekaterinoslav province government gave to society a permission to rent a separate room for worship rituals.

The project of Choral Synagogue was approved by Rosotov authorities on June 4, 1872, and in the same year the building was constructed.

According to some reports, the money for the construction of synagogues were donated by Rostov merchant Joseph Markovich Elitser.

It is presumed that the architect of the synagogue was Ernst Ernestovich von Shulman, and the building contractor ― Moisey Leontyevich Geronimus.