«STONE» MOSQUES OF EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN: TO THE PROBLEM OF SOURCES FOR MODERN REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE

The «stone» mosques, i.e. constructed from burnt brick in cities of Eastern Kazakhstan, represent a distinctive phenomenon of regional architecture, of the period - 19th-the early 20th century. Moreover, even in conjunction with wooden mosques, built before the "stone" ones, they represent variations within well-established tradition. Nevertheless, the renewed construction of mosques in cities of Eastern Kazakhstan since the 1990s completely disregards this tradition legitimized by centuries. The article is devoted to this regional phenomenon, analyses architecture of mosques in terms of its use in architectural practice of erecting monumental buildings and to outline possible paths for monuments study. Numerous mentions in literature of Eastern Kazakhstan mosques and individual studies, which provide their descriptions and even stylistic analysis (in the context of Eastern Kazakhstan architecture of 19th-early 20th century), however, didn't consider these monuments in terms of their continuity for creation of modern regional architecture, i.e. "stone" mosques as a source for creation of up to date architecture. This article, doesn't provide brief architectural and artistic analysis of mosques only but also, uses comparative and systematic analysis analyses, to identify the compositional principles that demonstrate their architecture. As a result of the conducted research, compositional principles underlying the architecture of Eastern Kazakhstan mosques were identified. This primarily concerns the volumetric-spatial structure of mosques, built on the longitudinal-axial principle. It is proposed to use both the stylistic composition of these monuments, namely eclecticism, but in a reinterpreted form, and the architectural-artistic discoveries that enrich architecture of mosques.