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Nurullah Mosque
The Nurulla Mosque (also spelled ''Nurullah''; Cyrillic: Нурулла́; formerly ''The Seventh Cathedral Mosque'', ''Hay Bazaar Mosque'': tt-Cyrl, Печән Базары мәчете, translit=Peçän Bazarı mäçete; russian: Сенная мечеть/''Sennaya'', ''Bazaar Mosque'', ''Yunıs Mosque'', ''The Main Mosque'', ''The White Mosque'' etc.) is a mosque in Kazan, Russia. History It was built in 1845–1849 on the donations of merchant Ğ. M. Yunısov by the project of A. K. Loman. The mosque is two-storied, has a hall with cupola and three-storied cylindrical minaret over the southern entry. The ornament of the mosque is similar to those of medieval Volga Bulgaria and the Middle East. In 1929 the minaret was destroyed, and till 1992 the mosque was used for apartments and offices. In 1992 it was renamed ''Nurullah'' and returned to believers. In 1990-1995 the mosque saw a restoration under R. W. Bilalov when the minaret also was restored. See also *Islam in Tatarstan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1.2 million residents, up to roughly 1.6 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Kazan is the fifth-largest city in Russia, and the most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. Kazan became the capital of the Khanate of Kazan and was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, becoming a part of Russia. The city was seized and largely destroyed during Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773–1775, but was later rebuilt during the reign of Catherine the Great. In the following centuries, Kazan grew to become a major industrial, cultural and religious centre of Russia. In 1920, after the Russian SFSR became a part of the Soviet Union, Kazan became the capital of the Tat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
