Bashkir and Tatar immigrants from Russia, who arrived after the October Revolution, built the first mosque and an adjoining school on May 12, 1938. Severe structural damage led to its demolition in 1986. Hilmi Şenalp designed the new building, construction began in 1998, and it was inaugurated on June 30, 2000. Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs directed and supported the rebuild.
The ornamentation is based on the Ottoman style, and the design closely resembles the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. About 70 Turkish craftsmen did the finishing work, and much of the marble was imported from Turkey. White and turquoise dominate, with gold detailing on the minbar and mihrab.
The footprint is 734 square meters (7,900 square feet). The main dome, 76 feet (23.25 m) across, rests on six pillars, and the minaret is 136 feet (41.48 m) high. The cost was about 1.5 billion yen.
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