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Astana, [a] formerly known as Nur-Sultan, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, and Akmola, [15] is the capital and second-largest city of Kazakhstan with a population of 1,350,228 within the city limits after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. [16]
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana (Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctae Mariae in Astanansis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Kazakhstan. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help , in the Kazakh national capital Astana .
Astana Cathedral. On April 8, 1958, Susan Bridges first attempted to provide Catholics in Astana a place of worship. While she purchased a house of prayer, her attempt failed after corruption charges emerged related to the purchase. For most of the 1960s and 70s, the Catholic community gathered in secret to escape the oppression of the Soviet ...
History of Astana (1 C, 2 P) O. Organizations based in Astana (3 C, 10 P) P. ... Pages in category "Astana" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Pages in category "History of Astana" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Construction of the mosque "Hazrat Sultan" started in Astana in June 2009. In different periods from 1000 to 1500 workers have been involved in the construction of the mosque. Hazret Sultan Mosque was opened on July 6, 2012 at 12:30, which supplemented the list of unique objects of the capital.
The Central Mosque (Kazakh: Астана қаласының Орталық мешіті; Russian: Центральная мечеть Астаны) is a mosque in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is the largest mosque in Central Asia , the second largest mosque outside Middle East, and one of the largest in the world.
The mosque designed by Charles Hadife an architect based in Beirut Lebanon is located at the left riverbank in the city of Astana, construction first started in March 2005. The mosque was a gift in accordance with the agreement of the Kazakhstan President, Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Emir of Qatar , Hamad bin Khalifa .