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Wide of Zharkent outskirts and Zailysky Alatau mountain range2. Various of Zharkent city signs3. Wide of street outside Yuldashev Mosque 4. Pan across to...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television News\u003cbr/\u003eZharkent, Almaty Region, Southeast Kazakhstan- April 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Zharkent outskirts and Zailysky Alatau mountain range\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various of Zharkent city signs\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of street outside Yuldashev Mosque \u003cbr/\u003e4. Pan across to mosque entrance\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of Yuldashev Mosque and madrassa\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of tourist photographing mosque\u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of mosque roof\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various of broken spotlight and bench\u003cbr/\u003e9. Pan across of mosque wooden roof beams\u003cbr/\u003e10. Pan down of detail of tiger-striped wooden beams\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of tourists walking\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Airina Kazakh, Tourist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Really it bothers me that this monument is not a UNESCO site and UNESCO is not preserving this place as a historical monument. And I'd like to see our own tourism board do something to promote this site, so that not only we can enjoy it but the rest of the world as well.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up of wooden columns and roof detail\u003cbr/\u003e14.  Close-up of decorative floral roof painting\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of madrassa hall and lantern\u003cbr/\u003e16. Pan down of lantern\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of hall and wooden columns\u003cbr/\u003e18. Various of staircases\u003cbr/\u003e19. Pan up of minbar\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of geometric designs\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of hall and Museum Director, Sharipkhan Turganov\u003cbr/\u003e22. Pan up of mosque gate entrance\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of portal showing Central Asian cupola and Russian windows\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide of portal showing pagoda minaret\u003cbr/\u003e25. Various of portal interior\u003cbr/\u003e26. Various of wooden beams and bird excrement\u003cbr/\u003e27. Various of painted beams and nesting pigeon\u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Sharipkhan Turganov Yuldashev, Mosque Museum Director:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I particularly like the bats because they protect the madrassa from woodworm. They can see at night. Of course a person can't pick up every single worm but the bats can, which stops them from damaging the wood.\"\u003cbr/\u003e29. Various of Zharkent Central Mosque\u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE: (Kazakh) Medetbek Kunduzbek, Head Imam of Panfilov Region:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In the future, God willing, if we find that it's ok to have prayers there and if everyone in the city gets together to repair it, of course it can be a place where we can worship.\"\u003cbr/\u003e31. Various of  mosque and ground staff\u003cbr/\u003eBuilt without using one single nail, Zharkent's Yuldashev Mosque is a spectacular example of Kazakhstan's multicultural heritage. \u003cbr/\u003eBut the exquisitely designed architectural treasure, a combination of Central Asian, Russian and especially Chinese influences, is now a virtually deserted museum.\u003cbr/\u003eZharkent is situated in Almaty Region in the far southeast corner of Kazakhstan, at the foot of the Zailysky Alatau mountain range. \u003cbr/\u003eThe quiet town is the last major settlement in Kazakhstan before the border with China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 40km to the east. \u003cbr/\u003eIts mixed population includes ethnic Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Russians. \u003cbr/\u003eIn 1887, local Muslims decided to commission the building of a new mosque. \u003cbr/\u003eLed by a Uyghur merchant Alibai Yuldashev, they hired the talents of a Chinese architect Hon Pic, from Beijing.\u003cbr/\u003eThe mosque was built between 1893 and 1895, the result of a unique religious monument. \u003cbr/\u003eNot a single nail was used in its original construction.\u003cbr/\u003eBut history has since taken its toll on the complex. \u003cbr/\u003eAn earthquake damaged the buildings, and during the Soviet era, when religious activity was forced underground, the complex was variously used as a stable and even social housing. \u003cbr/\u003eIn the late 1960s, the former Communist administration decided to turn it into a museum but even today, few tourists make it as far as Zharkent.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Really it bothers me that this monument is not a UNESCO site,\" says Airina Kazakh, a tourist. \"And UNESCO is not preserving this place as a historical monument. And I'd like to see our own tourism board do something to promote this site, so that not only we can enjoy it but the rest of the world as well.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe mosque also houses the madrassa. \u003cbr/\u003eThe two share a 'floating' traditional Chinese roof, ringed by wooden columns. \u003cbr/\u003eIts outer beams are decorated with colourful floral designs. \u003cbr/\u003eInside a latticed balcony looks down onto a hall large enough for over one thousand worshippers. \u003cbr/\u003eThe minbar, where the Imam would traditionally give his Friday sermons, and various lanterns, are Chinese in design. \u003cbr/\u003eAcross the courtyard is the portal, through which the complex is entered. \u003cbr/\u003eThe arches and cupolas are classic Central Asian, but the windows are Russian in style. \u003cbr/\u003eThis fusion of Chinese, Central Asian, Russian and Islamic, is considered highly unusual.\u003cbr/\u003eThe mosque has undergone various stages of restoration. \u003cbr/\u003eFor an old wooden building, the work never ends, says museum director Sharipkhan Turganov\u003cbr/\u003eBut he claims the wildlife, which includes a colony of bats, and flocks of birds, help to preserve it.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I particularly like the bats because they protect the madrassa from woodworm,\" says Turganov. \"They can see at night. Of course a person can't pick up every single worm but the bats can, which stops them from damaging the wood.\".  \u003cbr/\u003eMyths abound about Hon Pic, the master architect. \u003cbr/\u003eIt is said another of his buildings in China matched the Zharkent mosque in beauty. \u003cbr/\u003eAccording to local legend, Hon Pic lived in fear of his life, because his original patrons had vowed to stop him creating another masterpiece. \u003cbr/\u003eThe mosque is no longer permitted as a place of worship. \u003cbr/\u003eInstead, the faithful pray at Zharkent's Central Mosque nearby. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Imam Medetbek Kunduzbek says he would happily preach at Yuldashev Mosque if the building was safe. \u003cbr/\u003e\"In the future, God willing, if we find that it's ok to have prayers there,\" says Medetbek Kunduzbek, Head Imam of Panfilov Region. \"And if everyone in the city gets together to repair it, of course it can be a place where we can worship.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe mosque's future is 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