Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery

Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery (Russian: Геден Шеддуп Чойкорлинг, Lhasa Tibetan for "Holy Abode of Theory and Practice of the Gelug School", Oirat: Сәкүсн-сүм, Sәküsn-Süm) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It was opened on 5 October 1996 in the presence of more than 30,000 people and is the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery to be built in the region since its beginning as an autonomous oblast in 1920.

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