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Kazan, Russia
Nurulla Mosque
This 1840s mosque spent 63 years as apartments and offices before returning to worship in 1992, minaret and all.
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Kazan, Russia
Kul Sharif Mosque
Kazan's Kul Sharif Mosque was destroyed in 1552 and rebuilt 450 years later, opening in 2005 for the city's millennium.
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Kazan, Russia
Galiev Mosque
Forced into exile in 1552, Kazan's Tatars built their own 'Atlantis': a quarter of mosques and merchant mansions by Lake Kaban.
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Kazan, Russia
Chabad-Lubavitch Synagogue
Forbidden under the Tsars, this 1915 synagogue later sheltered Soviet-era Jewish students fleeing university quotas elsewhere.
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Kazan, Russia
Old Tatar Settlement
Catherine the Great's 1767 decree ended a 215-year ban on stone mosques and her quip about minarets reaching heaven became legend.
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