Nurulla Mosque

The Nurulla Mosque ( also Nurullah; Russian Нурулла; earlier Seventh Cathedral Mosque, Heubasar Mosque. Tatar Печән Базары мәчете, trans Peçän Bazari mäçete; Russian Сенная мечеть / Sennaya, bazaar - mosque Yunis Mosque, the main mosque, White mosque, etc. ) is a mosque in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia.

It was from 1845-1849 through donations of businessman Ğ. M. Yunisov built and designed by AK Loman. The mosque has two floors, has a hall with a dome and a three-story cylindrical minaret above the southern entrance. The ornamentation of the mosque are similar to that of medieval Volga Bulgars and common in the Middle East. In 1929, the original minaret was destroyed; to 1992, the mosque was used for homes and offices, after which it was renamed Nurullah and was again used for ritual purposes. In the years 1990 to 1995, a restoration under RW Bilalov, when the minaret was rebuilt.