Navahrudak Mosque Explained

Navahrudak Mosque
Native Name:Навагрудская мячэць
Native Name Lang:be
Map Type:Belarus
Map Size:225px
Map Relief:yes
Coordinates:53.3537°N 25.4934°W
Religious Affiliation:Islam
Location:Novogrudok, Grodno, Belarus
Tradition:Sunni
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Architecture Type:mosque
Year Completed:1796
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Navahrudak Mosque (Belarusian: Навагрудская мячэць, Polish: Meczet w Nowogródku) is a wooden mosque located in Novogrudok, Grodno Region in Belarus.[1]

It was the largest Lipka Tatar mosque in the Second Polish Republic. Following the 22 September 1929, it was the first mosque to be visited by a Polish senior state official - the Polish president, Ignacy Mościcki.[2]

Following the Second World War, the mosque was transformed into a residential building (the minaret and tower was destroyed). During the 1990s, there were increasing efforts to rebuild the Tatar mosque. The mosque was reopened in 1997.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Tatar mosque in Navahrudak . Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust . 9 March 2019 . 3 April 2015.
  2. Book: Miśkiewicz . Aleksander Ali . Kamocki . Janusz . Tatarzy słowiańszczyzną obłaskawieni . 2004 . Kraków : Universitas . Warsaw . 9788324202874 . 110 . 9 March 2019 . Polish.