The Samara Mosque (russian: Самарская соборная мечеть) in

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population ...

is one of the largest

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a Place of worship, place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers (sujud) ...

s in

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.http://samara.onfoot.ru/sights/cities/42.html It was built in the late 1990s in red brick. The main

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is 13.5 meters in diameter. The

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 generally ...

rises to a height of 67 meters. The building was designed by Rasim Walshin, an architect from Samara. There is an

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orchard by the walls. The New Mosque should not be confused with the pre-revolutionary mosque dating back to 1891.

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Buildings and structures in Samara, Russia Mosques in Russia Mosques completed in the 1990s Mosques in Europe Mosque buildings with domes {{Russia-mosque-stub

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