Penza Mosque

Penza Cathedral Mosque is situated at Bakunin Street, 10. The building is an historical and architectural monument of the city, constructed at the end of the 19th century. Between 1893 and 1894 it was reconstructed as a mosque according to the design of architect V.P. Semchikhin's junior. In 1895 the mosque passed under the ownership of Penza's Muslim community. After a long period of disuse, in March 1991 the building was returned to Penza Muslims.