The Tamchinsky datsan ( bua, Тамчын дасан, ''Tamchyn Dasan''), also called the Tamchinskii datsan or Gusinoozyorsk Datsan, is a

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

monastery founded in the mid-18th century in the village of Gusinoye Ozero, located on the south-western shore of

Lake Gusinoye Lake Gusinoye (russian: Гусиное озеро, ''Gusinoye ozero''; mn, Галуут нуур, Galuut nuur) is the name of a body of fresh water in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Geography The lake is located in the Gusinoozyor Basin betwe ...

Buryat Republic Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

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. In 1809, the monastery became "the center of Buddhism in eastern

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive region, geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a ...

". Lama

Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov (russian: Даши-Доржо Итигэлов; bua, Этигэлэй Дашадоржо, ''Etigelei Dashadorjo''; 1852–1927) was a Buryat Buddhist lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Born in the countryside of Burya ...

received his medical training here. The temple, which was ransacked in the 1930s, was being restored as of 2013 "as part of the revival of the Buddhist cultural and spiritual legacy in Buriatiia." Gusinoozersk datsan

Ceremonies at the temple were filmed in the Pudovkin's fictional drama Storm Over Asia (1928 film).

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