| Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue | |
| Native Name: | ru| Московская Синагога на Большой Бронной улице |
| Image Upright: | 1.4 |
| Religious Affiliation: | Hasidic Judaism |
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| Organizational Status: | --> |
| Leadership: | Rabbi Yitzchok Kogan |
| Functional Status: | Active |
| Location: | 6 Bolshaya Bronnaya Street, Moscow |
| Country: | Russia |
| Map Type: | Russia Moscow Central |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Year Completed: | 1883 |
| Date Destroyed: | --> |
| Materials: | Brick |
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The Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue (ru| Московская Синагога на Большой Бронной улице) is a Chabad Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 6 Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, Russia.
The synagogue was built as a private synagogue by pre-revolutionary millionaire Lazar Solomonovich Polyakov. Privately constructed and owned synagogues that served congregations were a familiar tradition in many parts of Europe; in the Russian Empire, great magnates could sometimes get permission to erect private synagogues outside of the Pale of settlement when congregations could not.
The pre-war rabbi was executed by the Soviet government in 1937 and the building was converted into a trade union meeting hall. In 1991, the building was transferred to Chabad Lubavich. In 2004, a renovation was completed. The building includes classrooms, a bookstore, a lecture hall, mikvah and kosher restaurant.[2] Since 1991, the rabbi has been Yitzchok Kogan.
In 1999 there was a failed bomb attack on the synagogue.[3] [4] [5] On January 11, 2006, the synagogue was attacked by a neo-Nazi skinhead who stabbed nine people.[6] It was reported that Alexander Koptsev, aged 20 years, shouted "I will kill Jews" and "Heil Hitler" before stabbing at least eight men. The rabbi jumped Kotsev, and the rabbi's 18-year-old-son, Yosef Kogan, wrestled him to the ground. Kogan held the assailant until police detained him.[7] A documentary film was made about the two incidents.[8]