Tatar mosque

Tatar mosque — is a typical mosque architecture in Tatarstan and other Volga Tatar-populated areas of European Russia. Occasionally occurred in other regions, however it was developed in the late 18th century and gained popularity in the 19th century Idel-Ural.

History

The earliest examples of Islamic architecture, preserved till today, are located in Bolghar. They share many with Central Asian Islamic architecture. The oldest of modern acting mosques of the region, Märcani mosque, was built during the reign of Catherine the Great. The minaret is placed in the center of gable roof. Believed, that the concept was adopted from the typical Tatar rural mosques, existed before many of them were destroyed due to Christianization policy and edict of 1742. Probably, in rural areas this type of mosques existed from of old, as it best fits the local climate. Many mosques, both stone and wooden were built, contributing to this style.

Unification

The edict on unification of church buildings of 1817 was expanded to the mosques in 1831, when the exemplary project was developed and circulated to governorate architectural offices of Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm and Simbirsk Governorates. Tatar mosques, such as Märcani and Apanay were built in barocco style. İske Taş and Pink Mosques were contributed to classicism style.

Among the architects, contributed to the mosques building in the 19th century the most notable were Pyatnitsky, Korinfsky, Schmidt, Peske, Romanov, Yermolayev, Pavlov, Parensov, Petondi, Tekhomirov, as well as non-professional architects Mansurov, Foshderebryuggen, Jakobson.

In 1844 anther exemplary mosque project were introduced, which was used mostly for urban mosques. The minaret was placed at the northern part of the building, under the door. However, mosques with minaret in the roof are constructed till today.

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References

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