Perm
URAL REGION · JEWISH HERITAGE & MEMORY
Perm, situated on the western edge of the Ural Mountains along the Kama River, was home to a significant Jewish community during the 19th and early 20th centuries. As a major administrative and industrial center of the Ural region, Perm attracted Jewish merchants, professionals, and craftsmen who left a lasting mark on the city’s commercial and cultural life. Professor William C. Brumfield’s photographic archive documents the surviving architectural traces of this heritage, including the historic synagogue on Bolshevik Street — one of the most significant surviving Jewish architectural monuments in the Ural region.
Synagogues
HISTORIC HOUSES OF WORSHIP
Synagogue, Bolshevik Street 116
The synagogue at Bolshevik Street 116 stands as one of the principal surviving monuments of Jewish religious architecture in the Ural region. Photographed by Professor William C. Brumfield, the building documents the pre-revolutionary Jewish community’s presence in Perm and its architectural ambitions. The structure reflects the eclectic historicist style prevalent in provincial Russian synagogue architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Synagogue, Bolshevik Street 116, Perm
Photographed by William C. Brumfield
SYNAGOGUE, BOLSHEVIK STREET 116
SYNAGOGUE, BOLSHEVIK STREET 116
