Bulgar Mosque (russian: Мечеть Булгар; tt-Cyrl, Болгар мәчет), is a
mosque in
Kazan,
Tatarstan,
Russia.
The building is located in a new part of the Tatar capital, in the
Novo-Savinovsk district.
The mosque is constructed in order to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of the
Islamisation of
Volga-Bulgaria, and opened in 1993. For most of the construction work is responsible the first
imam
Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...
, Farooq hazrat Fazanov. After him is named the
madrasah
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
of the mosque.
The construction of the Bulgar Mosque started in the beginning of the 1990s. The piece of land that was meant for the building, was a desolate swampy place. That's why the first job of the construction workers was to clear the terrain. The architects of the Bulgar Mosque are Valeriy Voginov, and Yevgeni Prokofiev.
The Muslim mosque has a very original composition. In it are combined different objects varying by height, that are cut into each other diagonally from southwest to northeast. As is tradition, the mosque has separate entrances and rooms for men and women. The main prayer hall is on the second floor, while the room for women is on the first. The
minaret
A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گلدسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generall ...
is 35
meters high. The whole complex is constructed with white bricks, that seem to be in harmony with the apartment blocks that are around the mosque. Specialists describe the Bulgar Mosque as a modern Muslim mosque, with a
rationalist design.
See also
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Islam in Tatarstan
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Islam in Russia
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List of mosques in Russia __NOTOC__
The construction of mosques in Russia has been documented from the 1550s to 2010 and mirrors the history of Islam in Russia. Russian mosques span the List of mosques in Europe, mosques of Europe List of mosques in Asia, and Asia. Mosques o ...
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List of mosques in Europe
References
External links
* http://www.votpusk.ru/country/dostoprim_info.asp?ID=10447
Mosques in Kazan
Mosques completed in 1993
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