The Buddhist Temple in the Imperial City of Saint Petersburg. A Different Way of Cultural Integration
The Buddhist Temple in the Imperial City of Saint Petersburg. A Different Way of Cultural Integration

Summary/Abstract: This article intends to examine the founding and functioning of the Buddhist temple in Saint Petersburg at the turn of the 20th century presented within the context of a cosmopolitan urban landscape. Moreover, it demonstrates the forms and aims of the sociopolitical activity of scholars originating from the Rozen School, which contributed to the emergence of the temple. As an example of specifically Russian orientalism, this scholarly activity enabled thinking in the categories of ethnic pluralism and principles of multiculturalism in the national policy of the Russian Empire in the discussed period, thus constituting one of the key elements which enabled the foundation of the temple.

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