The World’s Most Northerly Masjid: Norilsk, Russia

An excerpt from a Reuters article:

Mukum Sidikov’s grandfather left Norilsk after surviving the labor camps of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

Sidikov, caretaker of the world’s most northerly mosque, retraced his grandfather’s footsteps in search of well-paid work in the Russian Arctic.

Now he estimates the city is home to about 50,000 Muslims -- just under one-quarter of the region’s population of about 210,000. Most are from Azerbaijan and the Russian republic of Dagestan and work as traders or construction workers.

Read more:

• Reuters: Arctic mosque stays open but Muslim numbers shrink