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Outwardly Russia is a deeply Orthodox Christian country, but mosques like this beautiful one in St Petersburg remind one that Russia actually has a significant indigenous Muslim minority. There are some 15 million Muslims in Russia. This mosque is modelled on the famous Gur Amir Mausoleum mosque of Timur Beg, in Samarkand (Uzbekistan).
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Eastern Europe
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