Tukayev Mosque
Tukayev Mosque
Tukayev Mosque

Tukayev Mosque

Russia
Tukayev Mosque
  • The Old Mosque, Ufa, commonly known as the Tukayev Mosque, is located in Ufa, Russia.

 

  • The first permanent Musjid in the city of Ufa was erected in 1830 on Frolovskaya Street (later renamed Tukayev Street). Its construction was initiated by Gabdesallam Gabdrakhimov (1765-1840), the second mufti of the Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly. A madrasah was opened in 1887. It was the only active Musjid in the city between 1960 and 1994. The local imam Cihangir Abızgildin was arrested and executed by the NKVD in 1937.

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