Information
- Location
- East Kazakhstan Region, Zaysan District
- Period
- 1925
- Category
- Historical and cultural monuments of republican significance
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Kind
- Monuments of urban planning and architecture
Sources
- Album of historical and cultural objects and places of general pilgrimage of Kazakhstan. - Astana: KazSRIC, 2018. - 496 pages.
Description
The mausoleum of Zeinolla is a two-chamber structure, there is a burial in the first chamber, the second is intended for prayers (funeral mosque). The first chamber is rectangular in plan, the second has the shape of a circle.
The burial chamber is extended across the longitudinal axis of the mausoleum. The facades of both chambers are richly decorated. Chambers of different heights are united by a plinth and an intermediate cornice. The entrance opening to the burial chamber is oriented to the east with a slight deviation to the north. On the facade, it is marked by an arch resting on two oval columns, which are currently destroyed.
The mausoleum is lined with baked bricks on the outside, while raw bricks are inside. The dimensions of the mausoleum in terms of plan are 9.7x5.6 m, height - 7.9 m. A number of artistic techniques were used in the architectonics of the mausoleum, including the use of a module and geometric harmonization.