Attraction

The largest datsan in Zabaykalsky Krai and also quite old — it opened in 1816. The first datsan buildings were built by Russian carpenters, so some structures show influences of church architecture. By the end of the 20th century there were 13 temples on the grounds. A Buddhist academy now operates here, and as early as 1884 a medical faculty opened at the datsan. In the 1930s, as at the Tsugol Datsan, the lamas were repressed and many were executed. Valuables from the datsan were looted, though some items ended up in various Russian museums. Until the end of the Great Patriotic War it housed a tuberculosis sanatorium, and later a military unit.