The Grand Musjid of Grozny
The Grand Musjid of Grozny
- The Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. The Musjid is one of the largest in Russia and is officially known as “The Heart of Chechnya”
- The Musjid is named after Akhmad Kadyrov, the first president of the Republic of Chechnya and father to the current president of the Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. The construction of the Musjid was commissioned by the mayor of the Turkish city of Konya. The Musjid’s design includes a set of 62-metre (203 ft)-tall minarets which are based upon those of the early seventeenth century Sultan Ahmed Mosque (known also as the Blue Mosque) in Istanbul.
- On October 16, 2008, the Musjid was officially opened in a ceremony in which Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov appeared and conversed with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
- The Musjid is located on the picturesque banks of the Sunzha River in the middle of a huge park (14 hectares) and is part of an Islamic architectural complex, which in addition to the Musjid, consists of the Russian Islamic University, the Kunta-Haji, and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Chechnya.
- The Musjid’s design is executed in the classic Ottoman style, as exemplified in the architecture of Istanbul. The central hall of the Musjid is covered with a huge dome (diameter – 16 meters, height – 32 m). The height of the four minarets is 62 meters, making them among the tallest in southern Russia. The exterior and interior walls of the Musjid are built of marble and travertine, while the interior is decorated in white marble.
- The area of the mosque is 5000 square metres and which allows a capacity of more than 10000 people. The same number of musallis can perform Salaah in the Musjid adjacent to the summer gallery.
