Samara Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Russia}}

{{About|the mosque in the Russian city of Samara|the Iraqi mosque of Samarra|Great Mosque of Samarra}}

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| native_name = Самарская соборная мечеть

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| architect = Rasim Walshin

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| established = 1990s

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| dome_dia_outer = 13.5 meters

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The Samara Mosque ({{langx|ru|Самарская соборная мечеть}}) in Samara is one of the largest mosques in Russia.{{cite web|url=http://samara.onfoot.ru/sights/cities/42.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711141245/samara.onfoot.ru/sights/cities/42.html|archive-date=2016-07-11|title=Соборная мечеть Самарской области}} It was built in the late 1990s in red brick. The main dome is 13.5 meters in diameter. The minaret rises to a height of 67 meters.{{Cite web|url=http://gubernya63.ru/dostoprimechatelnosti/architecture/architecture_225.html|title = Соборная мечеть}} The building was designed by Rasim Walshin, an architect from Samara. 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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