Mosque of Nabereznie Chelni
The mosque “Abuzar” Zyab Settlement
 The mosque was built in 1993 according to the design by the architects V.A.Manukyan, T.C.Ulatova, design engineer V.P.Evseev.
The mosque with the madrasah “Nurutdin” is situated among dwelling houses on the plot fenced with the tracery metal fence. It is a dome mosque with separate entries and level praying rooms for men and women and the axle placing of the three-tiered minaret in its northern part. The whole composition consists of the rectangular building with the flat roof, the eight-faceted part of the praying-room under a low keel-shaped dome and the three-tiered minaret under a high thin hipped roof. The one-storeyed building with the socle floor has separate entries for men and women in the west and east facades. The vestibules in men's and women's parts place the cloak room, the room for ablutions and bathrooms. The staircase is leading down to the square praying room for women. The single-flight stairs are leading to the men's praying room.
The walls of the both praying rooms inside the building are cut through with the rectangular columns with curved upper parts, which are supporting the gently sloping dome. From the men's vestibule the spiral staircase of the minaret is leading to the third tier, which is the platform for the muezzin with the circular balcony. The thinning upward stepping silhouette of the minaret bears strong resemblance to the shapes of the Bolgar architecture. The walls of the main building are faced with rose-beige shell limestone. Its cornices and socle are faced with grey granite. The panels, narrow niches with triangular upper parts, pointed Gothic niches of the entries give oriental colouring to the mosque.
The mosque is a modern Moslem religious building with traditional layout and the motifs of Bolgar architecture in its arrangement.
The mosque “Ikhlas”
 The mosque is being built since 1996. The author of the design is the architect V.A.Manukyan. It belongs to the type of the dome mosque with level praying rooms and separate entries for men and women and the minaret attached to its northern part.
Its picturesque composition is built up on the combination of different in height parts of the building with auxiliary premises, dome parts of the praying room and the stairs, and the high minaret. The men's and women's praying rooms are placed on the first and second floors of the quadrangular part of the building covered with the semi-spherical dome on the eight-faceted base supported by columns. The praying-rooms are placed in the part, which is one-storeyed in its east part and two-storeyed in the west part. The entries to the mosque with their high portals are on the east and west facades of the vestibule's part. The staircases are leading from the men's and women's parts of the vestibule to the higher men's and lower women's praying rooms. The rooms for ablutions are situated near them. The service and technical facilities, connected with the men's praying room by the stairs, are on the first floor. The entry to the minaret is in the north end of the vestibule. The massive quadrangle turns into the eight-faceted shaft with the spiral stairs leading to the upper tiers. The mosque is a modern Moslem religious construction with the picturesque volumetric arrangement of postmodern trend with the combination of the motifs of east Moslem, Bolgarian and traditional religious architecture in its shape.
The mosque “Taube”
Centralnaya Street
 This mosque was built in 1989-1992 according to the project by M.Basirov on the money donated by parishioners and the city's organizations, assignments from the city's budget, and with the help of some Moslem countries. The building of the mosque is situated on the bank of the river Kama. The main entry to the plot is from Centralnaya street. It is a mosque with a praying room, with the separate entries for men and women, and the edge minaret adjoining it in the north. The whole mosque's arrangement includes the high part of the building covered by a many-pitched roof, whose northern part is cut through by the minaret. The one-storeyed building is adjoining the northern side of the main one. Instead of a roof it has a paved terrace, from which one can get to the praying-room. The entries to the mosque are in the west (for men) and the east (for women) facades of the one-storeyed building. The vestibule's interior is divided into the men's and women's parts by the partition. The rooms for ablutions and bathrooms are in the northern part of the vestibule. The stairs and the cloak- room are in its southern part. There are also passageways to the foyer and the auditorium for 130 persons here. The praying room for men has a gable roof slanting to the mikhrab. The vertical opening with stained glass panels of east glass is between the slopes of the roof in the north facade. The balcony for women is in the north half of the room. The balcony has the entry to the eight-faceted shaft of the minaret with the four-flight staircase. The mosque is made of silica brick. Its facades are faced with limestone tile. The pedestal is faced with black polished granite. At a four metres height the facades in the south part of the mosque are decorated with the elements with quotations from Koran. The upper part of the interior is decorated with medallions and white marble with fretted plant ornament. The mikhrab's niche is faced with black marble with fretted quotations from Koran.
The mosque is a modern Moslem religious building with the traditional hipped ceilings of the praying room and the minaret built in modern shapes.
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