[1] Tatars, among other ethnic groups, are native to the multinational region of Central Eurasia, especially its steppes – modern territories of Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.

During the second half of 19th century Volga Tatars from central Russia, as citizens of Russian empire, in great number moved to the Donbas area of southern Ukraine to work at mines and factories.

Great changes in social life of Central Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the 1980s and 1990s as a result of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the independence of Ukraine led also to revival of religious, cultural and social life of different communities, among them the Crimean Tatars.

In 2014, the building was damaged by explosives during the Russian invasion of Ukraine but still held a celebration for Eid al-Adha.

[2] This article about a mosque or other Islamic place of worship in Europe is a stub.