White mosque in Astrakhan has another name Tatar Ak-Mosque, also known as Gilan, now located in the Kirov district of the street Zoe Kosmodemyanskoy. Among the religious architectural complexes of the city stands the mosque clean white walls topped with blue, the colors of the southern sky roofs and sweeping contours of the minaret.

The first mention of the White Mosque found in the description of "Journey to Russia to study the three kingdoms of nature", published by Academician SG Gmelin still in 1777 in the northern capital of Russia. He wrote about novovystroennoy wooden Tatar mosque in the Tatar settlement, noting that it was built on a stone base. Later, in 1809 Russian Ravinsky IV He describes the main Tatar mosque in the city as the largest and most beautiful, and in the Tatar concept - "white". In 1810, with the money David Izmailov (Astrakhan merchant) White wooden mosque was made in stone. To the main building was built on a high and beautiful minaret, the complex was fenced at first wooden and later stone wall.

It is known that during the XIX-XX centuries Ak-Mosque imams were representatives of Bukhara court Khodjaeva who took an active part in the social life of Astrakhan. In addition to serving in the mosque were set up Muslim schools (elementary and advanced level). In 1930, the mosque was closed and the building was used as a kindergarten. Only in 1992, after the Soviet Union collapsed building Ak-mosque back to the Muslim community. In 1997, at the Ak-Mosque Islamic Institute started "Xacitarxan" where you can get a higher religious education in accordance with Islamic teachings. Men, graduating, getting a specialty "Imam-Khatib," and a woman - "a teacher of Islam, the theologian."

On the eve of the 450th anniversary of Astrakhan in 2000 it began major repairs and restoration of Ak-Mosque, completed in 2008. And since 2009, the Ak-mosque, appeared in all its glory, once again opened its doors to worshipers. Namaz in the mosque are conducted according to the Hanafi.