Lyubavicheskaya Synagogue

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  • Address
    Bolshaya Bronnaya ul 6, Tverskoy
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Pushkinskaya

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Converted to a theatre in the 1930s, this building was still used for gatherings by the Jewish community throughout the Soviet period. The rug on the altar hides a trapdoor leading to a small cell where Jews used to hide - from the communists or the Nazis or both. Today it serves as a working synagogue, as well as a social centre for the small but reviving Jewish community in Moscow.