Rostov-on-Don Cathedral Mosque () is the only functioning mosque in the city of

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblastʹ, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast ...

, Russia.

History

At the beginning of the 20th century, on Krasnoarmeyskaya street of the city there was a built a large Central Mosque. In 1968, it was closed on the order of city authorities without any explanation. Later Muslim community have been allocated a plot of land within the territory of a city park, which is situated at the center of

. Attempts to begin construction of a mosque in the city led to conflicts between local residents. As a result, a place for a mosque in Rostov-on-Don was found in a forest park area where no residential buildings were situated within a radius of one hundred meters.Мечеть в Ростове-на-Дону
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Architecture

The new mosque was being built from 1999 to 2003. The building has two stories: the first one is used for prayer by women and is occupied by Sunday school, while the second one is entirely accommodated for men who can pray here. Near the two-story building of the mosque rises a 27-meter-high

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. At the weekend, the mosque holds classes on the study of Arabic language,

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and the

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. Up to 1,500 people can come here for worship at the same time.

References

2003 establishments in Russia Religious buildings and structures in Rostov-on-Don Mosques completed in 2003 Mosques in Russia {{Russia-mosque-stub