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Mosque

Categories / Architecture/Architectural Monuments/Religious Architecture (see also Religion.Church)
Categories / Religion. Church/Places of Worship (see also Architecture and Urban Planning)

MOSQUE, Central Mosque, located at 7 Kronverksky Avenue. An architectural monument, constructed in 1910-13 on a lot near Troitskaya Square bought in 1907 by the Emir of Bukhara. Designed by architects N. V. Vasilyev, S. S. Krichinsky and A. I. von Gogen, the project combined traditions of Muslim architecture (the main prototype was the Gur Emir Mausoleum in Samarkand) and elements of the Northern Modern. The building with the pale blue cupola and minarets was constructed from reinforced concrete; the decor was made with the assistance of craftsmen from Central Asia (finished in 1920). The majolica decor was created under the guidance of ceramist P. K. Vaulin. In 1940-56, the Mosque was closed down, today it belongs to the Sunni community.

References: Аминов Д. А. Санкт-Петербургская соборная кафедральная мечеть: Ист. очерк. СПб., 1992; Витязева В. А. Соборная мечеть - памятник петербургского модерна // История Петербурга. 2002. №1. С. 48-57.

S. V. Boglachev.

Persons

Gogen Alexander Ivanovich von
Krichinsky Stepan Samoilovich
Vasilyev Nikolay Vasilievich
Vaulin Peter Kuzmich

Addresses

Kronverksky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 7
Troitskaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city

Bibliographies

Витязева В. А. Соборная мечеть - памятник петербургского модерна // История Петербурга., 2002
Аминов Д. А. Санкт-Петербургская соборная кафедральная мечеть: Ист. очерк. СПб., 1992

The subject Index

Art Nouveau

Chronograph

1910

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Mosque. Photo, taken between 1910 and 1912.

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Gogen von A.I. (1856-1914), architect. GOGEN Alexander Ivanovich von (1856-1914, Petrograd), architect, member of the Academy of Architcture (1895). He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1883). Among his early works, there are mansions of N.K

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Krichinsky S. S., (1874-1923), architect KRICHINSKY Stepan Samoilovich (1874-1923), architect. After graduating from the Civil Engineers' Institute in 1897, he held a post in the Central Directorate for Irregular Duties

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Kronverksky Avenue KRONVERKSKY AVENUE, between Troitskaya Square and Mytninskaya Embankment, on the Petrogradskaya Side; its semicircular arch includes the territory of Alexandrovsky Park. The avenue was constructed in the first half of the 18th century

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Petrogradsky District PETROGRADSKY DISTRICT, an administrative and territorial unit of St. Petersburg, with its administration located at 19 Bolshaya Monetnaya Street. The district was formed in 1917, and in 1936 the Primorsky District was separated from its territory

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Tartars TARTARS, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. The Tartar language is related to the Turkish group of Altaic languages. Their faith is Sunni Islam. The Tartars participated in the construction of St. Petersburg

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Vasilyev N.V. (1875 – not earlier than 1940-s), architect. VASILYEV Nikolay Vasilievich (1875-1950s ?), architect. Graduated from the College of Civil Engineers (1904). His early works include: the mansion of M.A. Savitskaya (now the town of Pushkin, 15 Moskovskaya Street, 1904-05)

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Vaulin P. K. (1870-1943), ceramist VAULIN Peter Kuzmich (1870-1943), chemical engineer and ceramics artist. He worked in S. I. Mamontov's ceramic workshop in Abramtsevo near Moscow in 1890-1904. He then founded industrial workshops in Kikerino near St

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