Mosques of Moscow before the Early 19th Century
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2025-21-4-71-92
Abstract
The life of the Muslim community revolves around the mosque. Due to the antiquity of Moscow’s Muslim community, the study the history of the Russian capital’s old mosques is essential. Based on the archival documents, the article examines the mosques of Moscow that existed prior to the construction of the stone Historical Mosque in Zamoskvorechye district, including the wooden mosques of the Tatar Sloboda: Ozerkovskaya, Staro-Tolmachevskaya and Ovchinnikovskaya. The study introduces from the mid-18th to the early 19th centuries pertaining to these mosques including a report from 1748 by priest F. Vasilyev about the mosque on A. I. Tevkelev’s land.
About the Author
D. Z. Khayretdinov
Moscow Islamic Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Damir Z. KHAYRETDINOV, Cand. Sci. (Hist.), head, Centre for Islamic Studies
12, Kirov Lane, 109382, Moscow
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Khayretdinov D.Z. Mosques of Moscow before the Early 19th Century. Islam in the modern world. 2025;21(4):71-92. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2025-21-4-71-92
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