Bulgar Mosque

Bulgar Mosque
Bulgar Mosque
Мечеть Булгар
Location
Location	Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
	Shown within Russia
Geographic coordinates	55°50′06″N 49°07′11″E / 55.8350°N 49.1198°E
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Date established	1993
Groundbreaking	1990s
Minaret height	35 m

Bulgar Mosque (Russian: Мечеть Булгар; Tatar: Болгар мәчет), is a mosque in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.^[1]

The building is located in a new part of the Tatar capital, in the

madrasah

of the mosque.

The construction of the Bulgar Mosque started in the beginning of the 1990s. The piece of land that was meant for the building, was a desolate swampy place. That's why the first job of the construction workers was to clear the terrain. The architects of the Bulgar Mosque are Valeriy Voginov, and Yevgeni Prokofiev.

The Muslim mosque has a very original composition. In it are combined different objects varying by height, that are cut into each other diagonally from southwest to northeast. As is tradition, the mosque has separate entrances and rooms for men and women. The main prayer hall is on the second floor, while the room for women is on the first. The

meters high. The whole complex is constructed with white bricks, that seem to be in harmony with the apartment blocks that are around the mosque. Specialists describe the Bulgar Mosque as a modern Muslim mosque, with a rationalist

design.