The Samara Mosque (russian: Самарская соборная мечеть) in
Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...
is one of the largest
mosque
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s in
Russia
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.
[http://samara.onfoot.ru/sights/cities/42.html] It was built in the late 1990s in red brick. The main
dome
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is 13.5 meters in diameter. 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 ...
rises to a height of 67 meters.
The building was designed by Rasim Walshin, an architect from Samara.
There is an
apple
An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...
orchard by the walls. The New Mosque should not be confused with the pre-revolutionary mosque dating back to 1891.
See also
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Islam in Russia
Although Islam is a minority religion in Russia, Russia has Islam in Europe, the largest Muslim population in Europe. According to United States Department of State, US Department of State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or ro ...
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List of mosques in Europe
This is a partial list of mosques in Europe.
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See also
* Lists of mosques
* Islam in Europe
References
External links
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* map
of mosques in Europe
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References
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Buildings and structures in Samara, Russia
Mosques in Russia
Mosques completed in the 1990s
Mosques in Europe
Mosque buildings with domes
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