Religious, Spiritual sights in Siberia
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Datsans
En route to the Ethnographic Museum, you'll notice Ulan-Ude's attractive new pair of datsans backed by stupas and trees that flutter with prayer flags; there are services from 09:00 to 11:00 most mornings. The nearby hippodrome is the venue for major Buryat festivals, including the Buryatiya Folk Festival, which features horse riding, wrestling and other folky delights.
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The Four Churches
Tomsk has many fine churches, including the scoop-domed 1844 Trinity Church (Troitskaya tserkov), the very active Kazansky Icon Church of a former monastery, the pretty new Nevsky Church and the Byzantine-style brick Peter & Paul Cathedral (Petropavlosky sobor) from 1911.
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Odigitria Cathedral
The gold-tipped spires of the 1785 Odigitria Cathedral were rescued from near collapse in the late 1990s. It commands an appealing area of the old town, with carved wooden cottages extending as far as ul Kirova.
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Kazansky Church
Nearing completion, the gigantic Kazansky Church is a Disneyesque confection of salmon-pink walls and fluoro turquoise domes topped with gold baubled crosses. Get off tram 4 two stops northeast of the bus station.
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Bogoyavlensky Cathedral
The fairy-tale ensemble of the Bogoyavlensky Cathedral's restored salmon, white and green towers add a colourful dazzle to the otherwise rather grimy riverfront.
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White Mosque
The Zaistochye district was historically the ‘Tatar’ Muslim quarter. Its unusual, whitewashed 19th-century White Mosque is now fully renovated.
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Trinity Church
Backed by a park with a Ferris wheel and Gaudi-esque fountain, the active Trinity Church sprouts a series of green bulb-domes.
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Peter & Paul Church
In 1898 the young atheist Lenin was married in Shushenskoe’s Peter & Paul Church, much to his later embarrassment.
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Former Synagogue
Close to the Archangel Michael church, in an area the locals refer to as 'Siberian Jerusalem', is an impressive 1907 former synagogue.
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Serafimo-Alexievskaya Chapel
Facing the Hotel Oktyabyra Building is the pointy little Serafimo-Alexievskaya Chapel which looks like it fell off a kremlin.
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Pokrovskoe Cathedral
The bulbous-domed, brick Pokrovskoe is the most appealing of the city's many churches with a fine, gilded interior.
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Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral
The city has several fine churches, including the 1870 Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral
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Old Believers’ Chapel
The Old Believers’ Chapel is housed in a timber building over 90 years old.
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Preobrazheniya Gospodnya Church
The pretty pink Preobrazheniya Gospodnya Church is in front of the Volkonsky House Museum.
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Wooden Church
A small but attractive wooden church is nearing completion towards the market area.
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