The Aimani-Khadzhi Kadyrova Mosque, also known as “The Mother’s Heart” Mosque, is located in the town of Argun in the central part of the Chechen Republic, about 15 km east of Grozny. Opened on May 16, 2014, the mosque is named after the widow of Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov, the first president of the Chechen Republic.

Construction of the mosque began in the center of Argun, on the site of the former town mosque, in mid-January 2011. It was built according to the design of the Turkish architect Deniz Ceyhun Baykan. The Aimani-Khadzhi Kadyrova Mosque on Google Maps. Photos by: Alexandr Lipilin.

amazing futuristic mosque

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Dikson is an urban-type settlement located in the very north of Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia, on the northwestern tip of the Taimyr Peninsula, on the coast of the Kara Sea of ​​the Arctic Ocean.

It is divided by a strait into two parts – an island and a mainland. In winter, cars and buses travel along the ice road, in summer, boats operate. In spring and autumn, you can only get from one part of the settlement to the other by helicopter. Dikson on Google Maps. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.

frozen settlement at the edge of the earth

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