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The Saint Petersburg Mosque (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́ргская мече́ть) when opened in 1913 was the largest mosque in Europe outside Turkey its minarets 49 meters in height and the dome is 39 meters high. The mosque is situated in downtown St Petersburg. It can accommodate up to five thousand worshippers.The founding stone was laid in 1910 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the reign of Abdul Ahat Khan in Bukhara.