Samara Mosque

This article is about the mosque in the Russian city of Samara. For the Iraqi mosque of Samarra, see Al-Askari Shrine.

The New Mosque in Samara is one of the largest mosques in Russia.^[1] It was built in the late 1990s in red brick. The main cupola is 13.5 metres in diameter. The minaret rises to a height of 67 meters.^[2] The building was designed by Rasim Walshin, an architect from Samara.^[2] There is an apple orchard by the walls. The New Mosque should not be confused with the pre-revolutionary mosque dating back to 1891.

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Mosques in Russia

Moscow & St. Petersburg	Moscow Cathedral Mosque Old Mosque of Moscow Saint Petersburg Mosque

Ryazan Oblast	Khan's Mosque

North Caucasus	Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque Makhachkala Grand Mosque Mukhtarov Mosque

Tatarstan	Äcem Mosque Bornay Mosque Iske Tash Mosque Märcani Mosque Nurulla Mosque Qolşärif Mosque Soltan Mosque The Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque Bulgar Mosque

Chuvashia	Bulgar Mosque (Cheboksary)

Bashkortostan	Lala Tulpan Mosque of Twenty-Five Prophets Tukayev Mosque

Samara Oblast	Samara Mosque

Perm Krai	Perm Mosque

Krasnoyarsk Krai	Nord Kamal Mosque

Crimea	Big Khan Mosque Ismi Khan Jami Mosque Juma-Jami Mosque, Yevpatoria Kebir-Jami Mosque, Simferopol Kokkoz Jami Mosque Molla-Mustafa Jami Mosque Mufti-Jami Mosque Orta Juma Jami Mosque Ozbek Han Mosque Tahtali-Jami Mosque

Bashkortostan	Old Mosque Lala Tulpan Zaynulla Rasulev Mosque Uchaly Mosque Asiya Ihlas Gufran Munira Salavat Yulaev Hamza Hadji Hakimiya Sufiya Mosque Alekseevka Mosque Salavat Cathedral Mosque

Orenburg	Orenburg Caravanserai Husainiya Old Mosque Ramazan Mosque Suleimaniya Mosque

Category Islam in Russia Mosques by country

Coordinates: 53°13′47″N 50°12′26″E / 53.22972°N 50.20722°E / 53.22972; 50.20722

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Samara Mosque

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