The Old Mosque, Ufa, commonly known as the Tukayev Mosque, is located in Ufa, Russia.

The first permanent mosque in the city of Ufa was erected in 1830 on Frolovskaya Street (later renamed Tukayev Street). Its construction was initiated by Gabdesallam Gabdrakhimov (1765-1840), the second mufti of the Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly. A madrasah was opened in 1887. It was the only active mosque in the city between 1960 and 1994. The local imam Cihangir Abızgildin was arrested and executed by the NKVD in 1937.

Old Mosque, Ufa

See also

Islam in Russia

List of mosques in Russia

List of mosques in Europe

References

Religious buildings and structures completed in 1830

19th-century mosques

Mosques in Ufa

1830 establishments in the Russian Empire

Mosques in Russia

Mosques in Europe

Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Bashkortostan

Old Mosque, Ufa