The Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. It is one of the largest mosques in Russia[1] and is officially known as the "The Heart of Chechnya".[2][3]
The mosque is named after Akhmad Kadyrov who commissioned its construction from the mayor of Konya. It was built by the Turks. The mosque design with a set of 62-meter-tall minarets is based on the Blue Mosque in İstanbul.
On October 16, 2008, the mosque was officially opened in a ceremony in which Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov spoke and was with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In this mosque, ten thousand Muslims can pray at a time and its minarets reach 62 m high.[4]
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