Masjid

Please enjoy this beautiful place!

I advise everyone to come here for the morning prayer.

A magnificent monument of Muslim architecture, one of the two ancient mosques of Kazan. Nearby is the museum "Tatarskaya Sloboda". I recommend to everyone who wants to plunge into the history and life of Kazan. In fact, this is the story of the revival of the city of Kazan. Indeed, after the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible, the entire Tatar population was evicted on the shore of Lake Kanban. This is where the history of present-day Kazan began. The museum is simply amazing, a lot of interactive corners. And the guide evokes the deepest respect for his ability to provide material and knowledge of the history and modernity of the city. At the end of the tour tea with traditional national sweets.

One of the oldest mosques not only in Kazan, but also in Russia

We ended up in Kazan in Kurban Bairam and visited the two oldest mosques, one of which is Apanayevskaya. Russian baroque of the Catherine period. A beautiful prayer hall (male, of course) with stucco molding on the ceiling and ceramic tiles. After another prayer, a parishioner was resting on the floor.