The mosque village Nizhnaya uratma
The mosque village Tashlick
This mosque was built in 1922. It is situated in the middle of the village, on the square plot placed at the streets' crossing. It is a mosque with two praying rooms and a minaret on its roof. The minaret is rather displaced from the central axis to the north facade. The rectangular building under a gable roof is traditionally divided into three rooms. The entry to the mosque is in the northern part of the vestibule, in which there is a staircase leading to the garret and the minaret. On the blind south edge there is a rectangular corbel of the mikhrab under a separate gable roof. The minaret is rather interesting. Unlike traditional minarets, it has two upper tiers with circular balconies for a muezzin. The three-tiered minaret under a high steep hipped roof is placed above the first room. The blind first tier supports the square balcony of the second tier. The eight-faceted balcony of the third tier, as well as the balcony of the second tier, has a chased fence. The massive three-stepped cornice crowns the third tier. The minaret's friezes and under-cornice planes of the windows are decorated with fretted applique with plant ornament. The curved corbels supporting the cornice make the building more beautiful.
This mosque is a monument of Tatar religious architecture, with asymmetrical setting of the minaret and original arrangement with two circular balconies for a muezzin. Its styling combines the elements of the classicism architecture and decorative art of the Tatars.
The municipal cathedral mosque Nizhnekamsk city
It was built in 1989-1996 according to the design by the architects R.I.Makujev and F.G.Khanov. The mosque is situated on an open plot and surrounded by many-storeyed houses. It is a modern religious construction with original volumetric arrangement. It is the first specimen of a mosque with many minarets on the territory of Tatarstan. It restored the type of monumental mosques with many minarets, which was lost since the beginning of the 16th century. The four well-proportioned minarets are rising above the corners of the praying room under a gable roof. Different rooms are on two storeyes under the praying room. The lower socle floor is placed deep into the ground half of its height. The main entries to the mosque are in the western and eastern facades. The central staircase and the cloak room are placed in the vestibule. From the vestibule one can get into the viewing hall, service facilities; the stairs lead to the main praying room. The additional entries to the central rooms are on the west and south-east facades. The square shafts of the minarets with the four-flight staircases have arched apertures of the platform of a muezzin. The mosque is a modern Moslem religious construction. It a monumental mosque with many minarets, which has additional cultural and educational functions. The mosque’s architecture reflects the neo-romantic trend in modern architecture of Tatarstan.
The mosque village Nizhnaya uratma
Nizhnekamsk region
This mosque was erected at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries. It was supposedly built on the money of Kazan employer Mustafa bai. The wooden building is located on a fenced plot in the centre of the village. It has two praying rooms, a minaret on the roof and the enfilade of two praying rooms and a vestibule with an entry from the north side.
The rectangular corbel of the mikhrab on the south facade has a gable roof. From the vestibule the staircase leads to the minaret and the garret. The eight-faceted minaret with two tiers is surmounted by a high steep hipped roof. The walls of the mosque are bricked at the end of the1990-s. This mosque is the monument of religious architecture of the Tatars with traditional layout and arrangement and decorative styling of its facades.
