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Chita-Transbaikal (03.2011)

Six thousand kilometers from Moscow, the Transbaikal Region (Zabaikalsky Krai) of Russia is in far eastern Siberia & shares borders with both China & Mongolia. The capital city, Chita, is the headquarters of the Siberian Military District and until 1991, was a closed city famous for its exiles. Decembrists first sentenced to hard labor were exiled here in 1827, the last Emperor of China was imprisoned here, & more recently, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was held in detention.

An ethnically & culturally diverse region long inhabited by Buryats, Evenks and Russian Cossacks, this vast area is one of extraordinary beauty from the Kodar Mountain Range to the little-known Siberian desert, the sands of Chara.
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The Tsugol monks are extremely proud of their white elephant.
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The Tsugol monks are extremely proud of their white elephant.

Buddhist Monkswhite elephantTsugol Datsantsugol monasterybuddhist elephantMogoytuysky districtAginskaginskoyeSiberiarussiatransbaikalЦугольский дацанбелый слон

  • Head of the Tsugol Datsan.
  • Monks with a puppy at the Tsugol Datsan.
  • Buddha at the Tsugol Datsan.
  • Tsugol Buddha.
  • Алдар-Лама, Настоятель дацан в Цуголе.
  • Prayer wheel on Tsugol's grounds.
  • Praying on the grounds of the Tsugol Datsan.
  • At prayer.
  • Head of the village of Tsugol. Федосов Сергей Сергеевич - Глава сельского поселения «Цугол».
  • Wafaa & Staci speaking with the Tsugol Datsan monks.
  • Buddhist monks at the Tsugol Datsan.
  • Monk at the Tsugol Datsan.
  • Monks transporting a white elephant at the Tsugol Datsan. Revered by believers, this white elephant was stored in a museum during Soviet time. It was returned to the Datsan in 2006.
  • The elephant is a symbol of the patience & wisdom of Buddha; a white elephant is believed to have announced the birth of the ruler of the world.
  • The Tsugol monks are extremely proud of their white elephant.
  • Altar at the Tsugol Datsan.
  • Offerings at the Tsugol Datsan.
  • Tsugol Datsan detail.
  • Detail of Tsugol Datsan.
  • Tsgugol Datsan detail.
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