Tatarstan celebrates 1,100 years of Islam
The deputy premier of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, Marat Khusnullin, has approved plans for the celebration of 1,100 years since the conversion to Islam of the Volga Bulgarians, an ancient population of the Ural region at the time of Kievan Rus'.
In 2022, 71 events are planned. The most important is the construction in Kazan – capital of the Tatar republic – of a huge complex called the "Sobornaja" Mosque or "Cathedral": the sacred building will include a museum, a library and several exhibition and reading rooms (madrassas). There will also be major initiatives in the nearby regions of Ulyanovsk and Nizhny Novgorod, and in Moscow.
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