Completed in 1888 in the city then called Tsaritsyn, the synagogue was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad after the invasion of German forces, and rebuilt after World War II.

[2] On June 21, 2001 the synagogue was named after Beit David (House of David) in memory of the merits of David Ilyich Kolotilin (the former leader of a religious Jewish group that became the basis for the creation of the Volgograd Jewish religious community).

[3] On November 20, 2007 the revived synagogue was opened after reconstruction.

The ceremony was attended by the Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar.

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