The Perm Central Mosque (russian: Пермская соборная мечеть) was built in 1902 and 1903 in the
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different district of
Perm,
Russia
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. Its construction was financed by the local Tatar merchant families. The striped green-and-white building with a tapering
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 ...
was designed by
Alexander Ozhegov.
For some years it was the northernmost mosque in the world until superseded by the
Nord Kamal Mosque in
Norilsk.
After the
Russian Revolution
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the mosque was shut down. The building was used for storing the
Communist Party
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archives between 1940 and 1986.
Religious activities in the mosque were resumed in 1990.
See also
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Islam in Russia
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List of mosques in Russia __NOTOC__
The construction of mosques in Russia has been documented from the 1550s to 2010 and mirrors the history of Islam in Russia. Russian mosques span the List of mosques in Europe, mosques of Europe List of mosques in Asia, and Asia. Mosques o ...
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List of mosques in Europe
References
Buildings and structures in Perm, Russia
Mosques in Russia
Mosques completed in 1903
Closed mosques in the Soviet Union
1903 establishments in the Russian Empire
Mosques in Europe
Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Perm Krai
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