Rose Mosque History

The Pink Mosque ( Tatar: Ал мәчет ), also known as the Tenth Cathedral Mosque, the Mosque at the Tatar Cemetery , the Low Bukhara Mosque , and the Green Mosque, is a mosque in the Novo-Tatarskaya Sloboda of Kazan . The original building was constructed in 1808 with funds from M. I. Apanaev. In 1905–1906, the mosque was reconstructed in the eclectic style with funds from the merchant Muhammad-Sadyk Galikeyev . Closed in 1931. The architect is unknown. The mosque received its name from the color of its walls. It is located at 67 M. Gafuri Street. The Vakhitovo railway station is three hundred meters from the mosque.

Since 1998, the building of the former mosque has been transferred to the Madrasah named after the 1000th Anniversary of the Adoption of Islam.

Story

According to Sh. Marjani, on the site of the Pink Mosque there was previously a Low Mosque, built with funds from the merchant M. I. Apanaev in 1808 .

In 1905-1906, the 1st guild merchant Mukhammed-Sadyk Mukhammed-Safovich Galikeyev built the current stone building of the mosque. By the decree of the Central Executive Committee of the Tatar Republic of July 22, 1931 , the mosque was closed; the building was not used for its intended purpose (in the post-war period, it served as a health resort). The double-height hall was divided into two floors by a ceiling, with the arched windows converted to large rectangular ones. The upper cylinder and the tent of the minaret were dismantled. By the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Tatar SSR No. 337 of July 31, 1991, it was recognized as an architectural monument. It was restored in the 2000s .

Architecture

The mosque is a hall mosque with a ground-level minaret attached to the northern façade. It is a rectangular , two-story brick building with a hipped roof. The entrance is located at the base of the minaret on the north side. The double-story mezzanine hall with a vaulted ceiling is lit by two rows of windows. The square quadrangle of the minaret’s base contains a vestibule . Two volumes adjoin it on the western and eastern sides. The right volume housed the staircase to the mezzanine and the minaret’s spiral staircase , while the left volume housed a utility room. A truncated pyramidal shape with triangular bevels at the top and round openings at the base serves as a transition from the quadrangle to an octagonal tier, which housed a narrower cylinder with a circular balcony. The top tier was crowned with a lush stalactite cornice and a tall, ribbed tent on a low octagonal roof with a balcony featuring an openwork wrought-iron railing. The façades were designed in an eclectic style with a national romantic influence, with a predominance of “Oriental” motifs.

Madrasah

In 1991, the Kazan Madrasah named after the 1000th Anniversary of the Adoption of Islam was established , located at the address of the mosque. The madrasah has a structural division in the urban-type settlement of Baltasi. At the end of June 2026, at a meeting of the interdepartmental commission on urban development in historical settlements, a project for a new multifunctional center for spiritual and national education, the Kazan Madrasah named after the 1000th Anniversary of the Adoption of Islam, was presented on Mazit Gafuri Street .