Ploshchad’ Vakhitova

Ploshchad’ Vakhitova is a square in Tatarstan, Volga Region. Ploshchad’ Vakhitova is situated nearby to Äcem Mosque, as well as near the suburb Old Tatar Quarter.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Äcem Mosque and Burnay.

Äcem Mosque

Mosque

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Äcem Mosque; is a prominent cathedral mosque in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It is located in the southern part of the Old Tatar Quarter, a historic district populated by Tatars, and is one of about a dozen historical mosques in the district. Äcem Mosque is situated 720 metres west of Ploshchad’ Vakhitova.

Burnay

Mosque

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

The Bornay Mosque, also spelled Burnayevskaya Mosque is a mosque in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. Burnay is situated 1 km northwest of Ploshchad’ Vakhitova.

Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque

Mosque

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

The Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque or The Anniversary Mosque was built in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia to commemorate the thousandth anniversary of the conversion of the Volga Bulgars in to Islam in 922. Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque is situated 1¼ km north of Ploshchad’ Vakhitova.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Tatar Quarter and Popovka.

Old Tatar Quarter

Suburb

Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Old Tatar Quarter is a historical area in the southern part of the Vakhitovsky district in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The quarter stretches from northwest to southeast and is located between Lake Nizhniy Kaban and the Bolaq channel in the east, the southern intracity railway tracks in the west, the Central Market in the north and Vakhit Square in the south.