Tirilson synagogue
Ruins of Nursing Home and Synagogue… The former Țirilson synagogue, which is located on the street of the same name, was built at the beginning of the 20 th cent. Currently only a historical ruin remains of it. The architectural complex consisted of two connected buildings: a synagogue and a...
Chabad Lubavitch Central Synagogue (Synagogue of the glassmakers)
This Synagogue was built in 1896-1898 by the architect Tsalel Gershevich Ginger. For a long time there was an unspoken rule in Chisinau: for every 500 Jews in the city there must be one synagogue. In 1964 the city authorities ordered the closure of all synagogues except the Glaziers’ Synagogue,...
Central Synagogue of Chisinau
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE OF CHISINAU its founded in 1886. “Sennaya” synagogue, located in the historical part of Chisinau, is one of the oldest functioning synagogues in the capital and the Republic of Moldova as a whole. Its role in the formation of the Jewish community in the region is exceptional. In...
Jerusalem Street
In 1998, Pushkin Boulevard was renamed Jerusalem Street on the 3000th anniversary of the first recorded Jerusalem. Previously, before b-l was named A.S. Pushkin, this street had no name. Between Grigore Vieru Boulevard and Pushkin Street, a monument to the victims of the Jewish ghetto in Chisinau was erected on...
Monument to the Victims of the Chisinau Ghetto
It was inaugurated on April 22, 1993. The authors – the architect S. Şoihet and the sculptor N. Epelbaum. The Chisinau ghetto was created on July 25, 1941 by order of the military governor of Bessarabia, General Constantin Voiculescu. On August 11, there were 10,578 people in the ghetto, later...
Jewish cemeteries
One of the old Jewish cemeteries preserved in what is now the city is the one in the Buiucani sector, next to the fire station on Milano Street. It is estimated that between 40,000 and 50,000 Jews are buried here. The current land is 12 hectares, originally around 15-16 hectares....
Russian State Drama Theater “A. P. Cehov”
It was founded on November 5, 1934, in Tiraspol. The first show staged was “Hate” by S. Ialțev. In 1940, the theater moved to Chisinau, where in the same year it presented the show “Unchaining” by B. Lavreniov. During the Second World War, the theater was evacuated to Turkmenistan, where...
