This video essay from the YouTube channel Kings and Things explores the intricate history and unique architecture of what’s widely considered to be the oldest surviving Buddhist temple in Europe: Khosheutovsky khurul in southwestern Russia. With rich archival imagery, the video traces its founding as a memorial to members of a Kalmyk regiment that fought Napoleon’s army, through its shuttering following the Russian Revolution, to its reopening and continued use today – albeit in a significantly modified form. From the story of this single structure emerges a brief introduction to the Kalmyk people and a unique perspective on two centuries of Russian history.
10 August 2026
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