Open AccessTHE ARCHITECTURE OF MINSK MOSQUE, 1901
Author(s) -
Olga Yu. Tortsova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
arhitekton
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1990-4126
DOI - 10.47055/1990-4126-2020-4(72)-13
Subject(s) - architecture , lithuanian , identity (music) , cult , documentation , islamic architecture , biography , ancient history , history , art , art history , visual arts , philosophy , computer science , aesthetics , linguistics , programming language
The architecture of the Minsk mosque built in 1901 is reviewed. This mosque became the first stone mosque built by the Lithuanian Tatars community and the first stone mosque in Belarus. The Minsk mosque was completely destroyed in the 1960s. Its appearance was reconstructed from surviving illustrations, photographs and materials of the Belarusian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation. In addition to general description and analysis of the architecture of the mosque, the objective of the article is to establish a connection between the architecture of the Minsk mosque and the practice of standardized design of Muslim cult buildings in the Russian Empire.
Another objective is to publish information about the mosque that was previously unknown, in particular about the personality of the mosque architect Vladimir Solovyov. Using archival documents from Russia and Poland, the identity of the architect Solovyov was established and his creative biography retraced.