Ivye. Mosque.
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Belarus, Grodno region, Ivye, Sovetskaya street, 78
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The small town of Ivye in the Grodno region is considered the "capital" of the Belarusian Tatars. Even Sovetskaya Street, where the mosque is located, used to be called Tatarskaya. Tatars appeared in the VKL back in the 14th century, they were hired for wars with the Teutonic Order. For their service, they were awarded lands and permission to preserve religion. Today, the Tatar community in Ivye is the second largest in Belarus after Minsk.
The mosque in Ivye is the oldest surviving one on the territory of Belarus, built at the end of the 19th century at the expense of the local Catholic landowner Elvira Zamoyskaya. It was not closed either under Soviet rule or during the German occupation. It miraculously escaped destruction during the war years.
It is an architectural monument. In 2007, it was included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values of the Republic of Belarus.
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Architectural monument
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Latitude: 53.9223181
Longitude: 25.77295921
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Ivye. Mosque.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Ivian Tatars lived in a separate settlement called Murovshchizna. Today it is a part of the city of Ivye, which is not difficult to find by the minaret of the local mosque. It is believed that Tatars have been living in these places for more than 600 years. The land was granted to them by Prince Vladimir Vitovt for his participation in the famous Battle of Grunwald against the Crusaders. Today, the Ivy Tatar community is the second largest after the Minsk one.
The local wooden mosque is the oldest mosque in Belarus, one of the few remaining ones. It has been operating continuously since it was built in 1882, and it has never been damaged. The money for the construction was allocated by Countess Elvira Zamoyskaya, the then owner of the town. There is a memorial plaque in her honor in the men's part of the temple. The base of the structure was square, the building was divided into two parts: male and female. The mosque, painted in the characteristic green color of Islam, was crowned by a minaret, completed in 1922 with the money of Tatar emigrants.
In Soviet times, it was the only functioning mosque in Belarus. Although the facade of the building reveals the features of the Art Nouveau style, researchers attribute it to architectural monuments in which the traditions of folk architecture manifested themselves.
On Fridays, Tatars continue to gather at the mosque for juma prayer. And on the main Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha, the oldest mosque in Belarus barely accommodates everyone, as Muslims from all the surrounding areas come here.
Not far from the mosque there is a Tatar cemetery – mizar.
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