The Strange History of Europe's Oldest Buddhist Temple

In this video we explore the strange history of Europe’s oldest surviving Buddhist temple. Constructed over 200 years ago, this building combined Neoclassical architecture with Tibetan religious traditions, and was created as a Napoleonic war memorial by a descendant of Genghis Khan. 📚 SOURCES Plokhy, S. (2014). The Cossack Myth: History and nationhood in the age of empires. Cambridge University Press. Otchirov, O. (2014). La participation des régiments kalmouks à la guerre de 1812 à 1814. Slavica Occitania, 39(1), 127–168. https://doi.org/10.3406/slaoc.2014.905 Анна листер: Мое свидание с потомком Чингисхана - Родина. https://rodina-history.ru/2021/07/22/... The Kalmyk Temple of Victory: Survival of Buddhism on the Volga - buddhistdoor global. https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features... ⏳TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction 03:18 - Napoleonic Wars 05:25 - Kalmyk History 07:34 - Serebjab Tümen 10:24 - The Khurul 14:47 - The Revolution 16:39 - The Sacrifice 18:09 - Revival