Buddhist Temple

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BUDDHIST TEMPLE, located at 91 Primorsky Avenue, an architectural monument, constructed in 1909-15 in Staraya Derevnya for the Mission of the Dalai Lama of Tibet, established in St. Petersburg in 1901, and the St. Petersburg Buddhist community (in 1908 it numbered 184 people). The project followed the canons of Tibetan architecture (flat roof, south pier portico, northern altar tower, symbolic colours and decor), but in the manner of Northern Modern style (walls faced with sledged granite) according to the plans of architect G. V. Baranovsky and the sketch by N. M. Berezovsky, with the assistance of Buddhism scholars V. V. Radlov, S. F. Oldenburg and F. I. Shcherbatsky and artist N. K. Roerich. The building was completed in 1912-15 under the guidance of R. A. Berzen. In 1938, the Buddhist Temple was closed down, in 1942-60 it housed a military radio station, in 1960 the building was handed over to the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in 1981 - to the Museum of History of Religion and Atheism, in 1990 the building was returned to the Buddhist Datsan Gunzechainei Community.

References: Андреев А. И. Буддийская святыня Петрограда. Улан-Удэ, 1991; Его же. Буддийские ламы из Старой Деревни // Невский архив: Ист.-краевед. сб. М.; СПб., 1993. [Вып. 1]. С. 314-349.

S. V. Boglachev. Baranovsky Gavriil Vasilievich
Berezovsky N.M.
Berzen Richard Andreevich
Oldenburg Sergey Fedorovich
Radlov Vasily Vasilievich (Friedrich Wilhelm)
Roerich Nikolay Konstantinovich
Scherbatskoy Fedor Ippolitovich
Primorsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 91
Старая Деревня
Андреев А. И. Буддийские ламы из Старой Деревни // Невский архив: Ист.-краевед. сб. М.; СПб., 1993
Андреев А. И. Буддийская святыня Петрограда. Улан-Удэ, 1991 Art Nouveau
Museum of History of Religion
1915