The Great Synagogue in Otaci is an Ashkenazi synagogue dating from the mid-19th century. This Historicist brick building is now abandoned.
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The Bricheva Jewish Cemetery was most likely founded in the 19th century. According to epigraphic data, the cemetery already existed in 1840, and it can be found marked on maps of the region from 1879 and 1911. The cemetery was still in use after WWII, with the most recent preserved gravestone dating to 1958.
The Great Synagogue of Sharhorod was constructed in 1589 making it one of the oldest synagogues in Ukraine. It was built as a fortress synagogue with 1 to 2 m thick walls. Between 1674 and 1699 it was occupied by Turks and used as a mosque. Restoration work on the synagogue was completed in 2012.
The cemetery can be found marked on maps of the region from 1868 and 1900, and epigraphic data shows it was still in use after World War II. It has around 1,500 tombstones. The most recent preserved gravestone dates from the 1990s.
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