Saint Petersburg Mosque

Petrogradsky District, Russia

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Wheelchair access: Partly accessible

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The Saint Petersburg Mosque, completed in 1921 and situated in the Petrogradsky District of downtown St. Petersburg, was designed by architect Nikolai Vasilyev in the national Romantic style. When it opened in 1913, it was the largest mosque in Europe outside Turkey. The structure is modeled after Gur-e-Amir, the tomb of Timur in Samarkand, and features two minarets rising 49 meters high and a dome reaching 39 meters in height. Capable of accommodating up to five thousand worshippers, it was constructed to serve the city's Muslim community, which had grown to over 8,000 people by the time the founding stone was laid in 1910. The mosque observes traditional gender separation during worship, with women using the upper floor and men the ground floor. Closed during World War II, it reopened in 1956 and remains a regional cultural heritage site.