Belarus / Ukrainian-Russian Border / Mogilev

Old Synagogue of Mogilev

Practical info

Type of location: Closed synagogue

Old Synagogue of Mogilev

Historical description

Mogilev

Mogilev, on the Dnieper, was for many years a Jewish majority (21539 Jews in 1897, or 50% of the population). As elsewhere, the ghetto was annihilated during the occupation. Traces of the former Jeish quarter are easily spotted in the center of the old town. Turn ... Read more