The Nurulla Mosque (also spelled ''Nurullah'';
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: 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
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 a ...
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Russia
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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
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Middle East
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. 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.
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Islam in Tatarstan
Islam in Tatarstan existed prior to the tenth century, but it began major growth in 922, when Bulgar ruler Almış converted to Islam.Azade-Ayse Rolich, The Volga Tatars, 1986, page 11. Richard Frye, Ibn Fadlan's Journey to Russia, 2005, page ...
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Islam in Russia
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List of mosques in Europe
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See also
* Lists of mosques
* Islam in Europe
References
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1849
Closed mosques in the Soviet Union
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Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Tatarstan
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