After the Bolshevik revolution, virtually all religion that survived did so in an underground fashion. Churches, Monasteries Mosques and Temples were re purposed or destroyed. Since the fall of the Soviet government collapsed, more public practice of religion has become commonplace. Kalmykia’s Buddhist majority is no exception.
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This 26 minute clip gives us a glimpse of Elista, the capital of the Kamykia Republic.
Kalmykia is the only Buddhist republic on European territory, and the Kalmyks follow the Tibetan branch of the religion. In the Soviet period most of their temples were destroyed; those that survive are treasured by locals. Founded in the 1860s, the capital Elista is a small city with a population of just 130,000 people. (Russian Today)
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