Buddhism is considered to be one of Russia’s traditional religions and is legally a part of Russian historical heritage. Besides the historical monastic traditions of Buryatia, Kalmykia and Tuva, Buddhism is now widespread all over Russia, with many ethnic Russian converts.
A Buddhist temple is now being constructed in Moscow, the Russian capital, for the first time, signalling the countries openness to diverse spiritualities. The temple is scheduled to be completed by 2017. The temple will have it’s own library, a cinema, a five meter statue of the Buddha and will have a clinic for Tibetan Buddhist medicine.
Now Russia and China’s sudden re-embracing of Buddhism is a hopeful sign of peaceful, organic
growth of Buddhism in all its forms worldwide.
Russian Religions
Temples in Russia
