Lala Tulpan
| Lala Tulpan | |
|---|---|
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The minarets are designed to resemble the blooming tulips | |
| Basic information | |
| Location |
Ufa,  Bashkortostan, Russia |
| Geographic coordinates | 54°49′11″N 56°03′21″E / 54.81972°N 56.05583°ECoordinates: 54°49′11″N 56°03′21″E / 54.81972°N 56.05583°E |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Wakil Davlyatshin |
| Architectural type | Mosque |
| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Date established | 1998 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Minaret(s) | 2 |
| Minaret height | 53 m (174 ft) |
Lala Tulpan ("Tulip in Bloom") in Ufa is one of Russia's largest mosques with 53-metre-tall[1] twin minarets. The building can hold up to 1000 worshippers.[2] It was built between 1990 and 1998 to a modernist design by Wakil Davlyatshin. In 2001 Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Talgat Tadzhuddin and other Muslim clerics at the mosque.
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| North Caucasus | ||
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| Chuvashia | ||
| Bashkortostan | ||
| Samara Oblast | ||
| Perm Krai | ||
| Krasnoyarsk Krai | ||
| Crimea | ||
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