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Tatar men wait for the opening ceremony of the Kul Sharif Mosque, to begin in Kazan, Russia. In Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Muslims and Christians have lived peaceably since the fall of the Soviet Union, even as Islam has revived among the deeply traditional Tatars. The new Kul Sharif Mosque is a symbol of that harmony. It was built inside the city's kremlin and stands near the Annunciation Cathedral, which like the kremlin was built under Ivan the Terrible, who conquered Tatarstan in 1552.
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