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Kul Şerif Camii is a mosque located within the Kazan Kremlin in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. The structure is named after Kul Şerif, a religious and state figure who lived during the 16th century in the Khanate of Kazan. The current mosque was built in memory of the original main mosque destroyed during the 1552 siege of the Khanate of Kazan by Russian Tsar Ivan IV. Historical records indicate that during this siege, Kul Şerif and his students participated in the city’s defense; following th