Old Mosque, Ufa

The construction started in 1827, it was initiated by Gabdesallam Gabdrakhimov (1765-1840), the second mufti of the Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly.

[1] The first permanent mosque in the city of Ufa was erected in 1830 on Frolovskaya Street (later renamed Tukayev Street).

[2] Until 1920 the building was the main mosque in Russia.

[1] The local imam Cihangir Abızgildin was arrested and executed by the NKVD in 1937.

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