Samara Mosque
Also known as: Samara Mosque
mosque in Russia
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Overview
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The Samara Mosque (Russian: Samarskaya sobornaya mechet) is regarded as one of the largest mosques in Russia. It is built of red brick and is crowned by a main dome 13.5 metres in diameter, while its minaret rises to 67 metres. The design was prepared by Rasim Walshin, an architect from Samara. An apple orchard lies alongside the walls. The mosque stands at Stara-Zagora Street 54 in the Promyshlenniy district. It should not be confused with the city's pre-revolutionary mosque dating from 1891.
History
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The mosque was constructed in the late 1990s to a design by the Samara architect Rasim Walshin. It is a separate building from the pre-revolutionary mosque of 1891 that also belongs to the city's history.
From Wikipedia
The Samara Mosque (Russian: Самарская соборная мечеть) in Samara is one of the largest mosques in Russia. It was built in the late 1990s in red brick. The main dome is 13.5 meters in diameter. The minaret rises to a height of 67 meters. The building was designed by Rasim Walshin, an architect from Samara. There is an apple orchard by the walls. The New Mosque should not be confused with the pre-revolutionary mosque dating back to 1891.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara_Mosque
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Samara
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara_Ulu_Camii