The
Grand Mosque in
Makhachkala (
Yusuf Bei Cami) is the main
mosque of the
Republic of Dagestan. It is supposed to have been patterned after the
Sultan Ahmed Mosque in
Istanbul. The building can accommodate up to 17,000 worshipers. Its construction was financed by
Turkey. The mosque was completed and consecrated in 1998. It is the focal point of the city's main thoroughfare, Imam Shamil Avenue.