The Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque

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The Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque, The Anniversary Mosque is a mosque in Kazan. It was devoted to the thousandth anniversary of the Islamization of the Volga Bulgars in 922. Based on a design by Pechnikov from 1914, the mosque was built from 1924 to 1926 with private donations by believers, but was closed in the 1930s. However, it is the only mosque, built during the Soviet period. In 1991 it was given back to believers.

The alternative name of the mosque, and the most commonly used name, is The Mosque across the Qaban (Tatar Cyrillic: Кабан арты мәчете, Latin: Qaban artı mäçete, Russian: Закабанная мечеть), because most of Kazan's mosques are situated on the other side of the Qaban, where the Tatar community was traditionally located before the October Revolution. The part where the mosque was situated was inhabited predominantly by the Russian community.

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