Bornay Mosque

Bornay Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
District	Tatarstan
Status	Active
Location
Location	Kazan, Russia
Interactive map of Bornay Mosque
Coordinates	55°46′29″N 49°07′01″E
Architecture
Architect	Pyotr Ivanovich Romanov
Type	Mosque
Style	National Romance Eclecticism
Completed	1872
Specifications
Minaret	1
Materials	Red brick

The Bornay Mosque (Cyrillic: Bornay məçete, Борнай мәчете; former The Third Cathedral Mosque), also spelled Burnayevskaya Mosque (Russian: Бурна́евская мечеть) is a mosque in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.

History

Its constructing was donated by Möxämmätsadíq Bornayıv and realized by project of Pyotr Ivanovich Romanov in 1872. The architectural style is national romance eclecticism. The minaret was built in 1895. Believed, that the project of the minaret was elaborated by Fyodor Nikolayevich Malinovsky. The mosque has a minaret over the door, one hall, it is one-storied and is made of red bricks. The interior is designed in the medieval Tatar and Russian traditions. In 1930-1994 Bornay Mosque was out of service due to the Soviet authorities and in 1994 it was returned to the believers.

See also

• Islam in Tatarstan
• Islam in Russia
• List of mosques in Russia
• List of mosques in Europe

References

• "Bornay mäçete". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
• Russian mosques