Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque, Kazan

The Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque, or Anniversary Mosque, was built to commemorate the thousandth anniversary of the Islamization of the Volga Bulgars in 922. Based on the design of Pechnikov from 1914, the mosque was built from 1924 to 1926 with private donations from Muslims. It was the only mosque built in the region during the Soviet period. Closed in the 1930s, it was eventually reopened for services in 1991. It is commonly referred to as the Mosque Across the Qaban, since most of Kazan's mosques are found on the other side of the Qaban where the Tatar community was traditionally located before the October Revolution.