Soviet repression of Buddhism

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:area gptkb:Buryatia
gptkb:Tuva
gptkb:Kalmykia
gptkbp:endDate late 1980s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet repression of Buddhism
gptkbp:legacy rebuilding of Buddhist temples in Russia
revival of Buddhism after 1991
gptkbp:location gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:method forced labor camps
anti-religious propaganda
arrest of monks
destruction of temples
execution of clergy
gptkbp:notableEvent destruction of Buddhist monasteries
closure of Ivolginsky Datsan
execution of Pandido Khambo Lama
restoration of some temples in late 1940s
gptkbp:notableFor 1937
1938
1946
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Agvan_Dorzhiev
Lubsan Samdan Tsydenov
Pandido Khambo Lama
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Buddhist_communities
international Buddhist organizations
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Soviet_government
gptkb:NKVD
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Buddhism
Buddhist laypeople
Buddhist clergy
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Great_Purge
Soviet anti-religious campaign
gptkbp:resultedIn loss of Buddhist cultural heritage
near eradication of Buddhist institutions
suppression of Buddhist practice
gptkbp:startDate 1920s
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Buryat_Buddhists
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7