The Perm Central Mosque (russian: Пермская соборная мечеть) was built in 1902 and 1903 in the

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in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

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. Its construction was financed by the local Tatar merchant families. The striped green-and-white building with a tapering

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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 For some years it was the northernmost mosque in the world until superseded by the Nord Kamal Mosque in Norilsk.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

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the mosque was shut down. The building was used for storing the

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archives between 1940 and 1986. Religious activities in the mosque were resumed in 1990.

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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 {{Russia-mosque-stub

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