Bornay Mosque, Kazan

Funds for Bornay Mosque’s construction were donated by Möxämmätsadíq Bornayıv and realized by the efforts of Pyotr Ivanovich Romanov in 1872. Built from red brick in a National Romance Eclectic style, its minaret was built in 1895, and is believed to have been designed by Fyodor Nikolayevich Malinovsky. Its interior is done in the medieval Tatar and Russian traditions. In 1930 Bornay Mosque was out of service due to Soviet authorities and in 1994 was returned to believers.