Central Spiritual Board of Buddhists of the USSR

The Central Spiritual Board of Buddhists of the USSR (Russian: Центральное духовное управление буддистов СССР, known in its acronym TsDUB, ЦДУБ) was the authorized organization for Tibetan Buddhists in the Soviet Union. The headquarters of the organization were located in the Verkhnyaya Ivolga, Buryat ASSR. The organization was founded at a congress of Buddhist believers on 21–23 May 1946 in Ulan-Ude, Buryat-Mongol ASSR. Their "Law of Spiritual Administration of Buddhists and a Regulation for Buddhist Clergy of the USSR", making it imperative for Buddhists to honor the worker's fatherland and put its interests on par with their faith.

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