Attacks on Moscow Synagogues

Moscow’s five functioning synagogues have been repeated targets:

• Dec. 30, 1993 — The old wooden building of the Marina Roscha Synagogue burned to the ground in what was considered an arson attack.
• 1994 — A hand grenade was thrown at the window of the Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue.
• October 1994 — An explosive device disguised as a beer can was found and defused in the courtyard of the Choral Synagogue.
• August 1996 — An explosive device went off outside of the Marina Roscha Synagogue. No one was injured.
• May 1998 — Two people were injured when an explosive device went off near the Marina Roscha Synagogue.
• July 13, 1999 — A knife-wielding youth entered the Choral Synagogue and stabbed Jewish leader Leopold Kaimovsky several times.
• July 25, 1999 — An explosive device containing 500 grams of TNT was found in the prayer hall of the Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue. It was successfully defused.
• April 2003 — An explosive device was found and defused outside the Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue.