The Old Mosque, Ufa, commonly known as the Tukayev Mosque, is located in Ufa, Russia. The first permanent mosque in the city of Ufa was erected in 1830 on Frolovskaya Street (later renamed Tukayev Street).Bashkir Encyclopaedia
/ref> Its construction was initiated by Gabdesallam Gabdrakhimov (1765-1840), the second mufti of the Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly. A

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was opened in 1887. It was the only active mosque in the city between 1960 and 1994. The local imam Cihangir Abızgildin was arrested and executed by the NKVD in 1937.

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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1830 19th-century mosques Mosques in Ufa 1830 establishments in the Russian Empire Mosques in Russia Mosques in Europe Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Bashkortostan {{Russia-mosque-stub

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