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Saint Petersburg Mosque, the Glossary

The Saint Petersburg Mosque (Санкт-Петербу́ргская мече́ть), when opened in 1913, was the largest mosque in Europe outside Turkey.^[1]

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39 relations: 'Abd al-Ahad Khan, Bukhara, Cold War, Culture of Uzbekistan, Dmitry Tolstoy, Dome, Duma, Emir, Europe, Gur-e-Amir, Indonesia, Iran, Islam, Islam in Russia, Kikerino, List of mosques in Europe, Minaret, Mosque, Mosques in Russia, Mufti, Muslims, Nicholas II, Nikolai Vasilyevich Vasilyev, Orenburg, Ottoman Empire, Peter and Paul Fortress, Peter Vaulin, Petergof, Portal (architecture), Russian ruble, Saint Petersburg, Samarkand, Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan, Stepan Krichinsky, Sukarno, Timur, Timurid architecture, Turkey, World War II.
1913 establishments in the Russian Empire
Anti-Islam sentiment in Russia
Art Nouveau architecture in Saint Petersburg
Closed mosques in the Soviet Union
Islamic organizations established in 1913
Mosques completed in 1921
Mosques in Saint Petersburg

'Abd al-Ahad Khan

Said Abd al-Ahad Khan (26 March 1859 in Karmana – 3 January 1911) was the 7th Emir of the Uzbek Manghit dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of the Emirate of Bukhara, which at the time was a part of the Russian Empire.

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Bukhara

Bukhara (Uzbek; بخارا) is the seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan by population, with 280,187 residents.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Culture of Uzbekistan

The culture of Uzbekistan has a wide mix of ethnic groups and cultures, with the Uzbeks being the majority group.

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Dmitry Tolstoy

Count Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy (Дми́трий Андре́евич Толсто́й;, Moscow –, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian politician and a member of the State Council of Imperial Russia (1866).

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Dome

A dome is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere.

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Duma

A duma (дума) is a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions.

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Emir

Emir (أمير, also transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremonial authority. The title has a long history of use in the Arab World, East Africa, West Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Gur-e-Amir

The Gūr-i Amīr or Guri Amir (Amir Temur Maqbarasi, Go'ri Amir, گورِ امیر) is a mausoleum of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (also known as Tamerlane) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Islam in Russia

Islam is a major religious minority in the Russian Federation, which has the largest Muslim population in Europe excluding Turkey.

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Kikerino

Kikerino is a village in the Volosovsky District of the Leningrad Oblast.

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List of mosques in Europe

This is a partial list of mosques in Europe.

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Minaret

A minaret (translit, or translit; minare; translit) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques.

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Mosque

A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Mosques in Russia

The construction of mosques in Russia has been documented from the 1550s to 2010 and mirrors the history of Islam in Russia.

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Mufti

A mufti (مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion (fatwa) on a point of Islamic law (sharia).

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Nicholas II

Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 186817 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917.

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Nikolai Vasilyevich Vasilyev

Nicholas B. Vassilieve (Николай Васильевич Васильев; 26 November 1875 – 16 October 1958) was a Russian Architect, known for his works such as the German Theatre in Tallinn, or the Saint Petersburg Mosque in Saint Petersburg.

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Orenburg

Orenburg (Оренбу́рг), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia and former capital of Kazak ASSR.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Peter and Paul Fortress

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

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Peter Vaulin

Peter Kuzmich Vaulin (1870–1943) was a Russian ceramics artist active in the first half of the twentieth century He originally worked in ceramic workshop of Savva Ivanovich Mamontov in the Abramtsevo Colony near Moscow from 1890 to 1904.

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Petergof

Petergof (Петерго́ф), known as Petrodvorets (Петродворец) from 1944 to 1997, is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland.

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Portal (architecture)

A portal is an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, especially a grand entrance to an important structure.

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Russian ruble

The ruble or rouble (rublʹ; symbol: ₽; abbreviation: руб or р. in Cyrillic, Rub in Latin; ISO code: RUB) is the currency of the Russian Federation.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Samarkand

Samarkand or Samarqand (Uzbek and Tajik: Самарқанд / Samarqand) is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia.

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Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan

Emir Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan (Саид Мир Муҳаммад Олимхон, Said Mir Muhammad Olimxon, 3 January 1880 – 28 April 1944) was the last emir of the Uzbek Manghit dynasty, rulers of the Emirate of Bukhara in Central Asia.

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Stepan Krichinsky

Stepan Samoilovich Krichinsky (January 20, 1874 — August 9, 1923) was a Russian architect of the eclectic and modern era.

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Sukarno

Sukarno (born Koesno Sosrodihardjo,, 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.

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Timur

Timur, also known as Tamerlane (8 April 133617–18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history, as well as one of the most brutal and deadly.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Mosque

Saint Petersburg Mosque, the Glossary

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See also

1913 establishments in the Russian Empire

Anti-Islam sentiment in Russia

Art Nouveau architecture in Saint Petersburg

Closed mosques in the Soviet Union

Islamic organizations established in 1913

Mosques completed in 1921

Mosques in Saint Petersburg

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