PERM CATHEDRAL MOSQUE: TO THE HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CULTURAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE URALS

Abstract

The article analyzes the correspondence regarding the construction of the Perm Cathedral Mosque, preserved in the fund of the Department of Religious Affairs of Foreign Confessions. Archival materials expand our understanding of the confessional policy of the government of the Russian Empire towards Muslims. The construction of a Muslim liturgical building in the provincial town was delayed by almost two years due to the opposition of the Holy Synod. The chief prosecutor of the Synod believed that the appearance of a mosque in an Orthodox city would be an insult to the feelings of believers. Based on the norms of the legislation, the Department of Religious Affairs of Foreign Faiths sided with the Muslim community and found no reason to ban the construction of the mosque. The Perm Cathedral Mosque was built in 1903.