The St. Petersburg Mosque modelled
after the Gur-e Amir, the tomb of Tamerlane in Samarkand, is the largest and the
most beautiful mosque in Russia. When built in 1913, it was also the largest
mosque in Europe. The mosque with 45 meters length and 32 metres width can
accommodate 5,000 worshippers at a time. Its 39 metres high ornate dome and 49
metres tall twin minarets are decorated with azure blue mosaic ceramics thereby
giving it the nick name of Blue Mosque. The interior of the mosque has beautiful
green columns and decorative arches under the dome and same is also consistent
with the traditional architecture of central Asia.
During the communist regime the mosque like other cathedrals and worshipping
places in Soviet Russia was closed and was used as a warehouse. It was reopened in 1956
reportedly after 1955 visit of President Sukarno of Indonesia to St. Petersburg.
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