Maschhür-Schüssip Mosque
The Mäschhür-Schüssip Mosque ( Kazakh Мәшһүр Жүсіп мешіті / Mäschhür-Schüssip-meschiti , Russian Мечеть имени Машхура Жусупа / Metschet Imeni Maschchura Schussupa ) in the Kazakh city of Pavlodar is one of the largest mosques in Kazakhstan . It was opened in 2001 after a year of construction and offers space for 1500 worshipers. The mosque was named after the Kazakh poet and historian Maschchur Schusup (1858–1931).
The mosque has two prayer rooms. The room for women has a capacity of 300 people and the prayer room for men can hold up to 1200 people. The four minarets are each 63 meters high and the dome is 54 meters high. An octagonal star with a diameter of 48 meters was taken as the base for the building. The chandelier with 434 lamps inside the mosque was made in Tashkent .
The building also houses a school, an Islamic cultural center and library, a cinema and a few other rooms, including a room for weddings .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 11.4 " N , 76 ° 57 ′ 43.8" E