Sights Karkaralinsk.

“In the town of Karkaralinsk, in the whole district of Abai, both from the father and other people often heard about the mosque. He knew that Kunanbai won her construction universal respect and glory. The first and only mosque in the town of Karkararalinsk and in the entire district the building was started with Kunanbay's funds last year."

Mukhtar Auezov. "The path of Abay."

Historical places of Karkaralinsk.

The building of the Kunanbai Uskenbaeva mosque is located at an altitude of 860 meters above sea level, is located in the western part of the village, between the streets of Toktara Aubiakirov and Kunanbay, in the village of Karkararalinsk, the Karkaralysky district in the east of the Karaganda region.
In 1849, Kunanbai Uzkenbayula built a mosque in Karkaralinsk for his own money. The building has the following dimensions - width 15 meters, length 11 meters, height 6 meters. The original appearance is partially absent, brick extensions are built nearby.
The mosque is a wooden two -story building made of a local forest. Initially, it was a chopped building, which was later faced with shpunto boards. For many years, the mosque was the place of confession of Muslims.
High moral truths were preached here, they taught humanity, respectability, tolerance, many national rites were performed. In the Soviet period, the mosque unique in architecture and beauty ceased to act. The minaret of the mosque in 1920 was destroyed, and the building itself was turned into school, then under warehouses, and later - in general it was abandoned.
In the 1980s, the mosque was restored by analogues and today is functioning again for its original purpose and is the place of pilgrimage to believers and all who are dear to the history of the state. According to available information, Abai has repeatedly been to the mosque.
The architect is unknown. Kunanbay Mosque is perhaps one of the very first mosques in the northern regions of Kazakhstan. 
Geographic coordinates of Uskenbay mosque: N49 ° 24'37.25 "E75 ° 27'46.50"

Authority:
The guidebook on Karaganda of area. The edition of department on tourism and sports Karaganda of area.

Photos by:
Alexander Petrov.