DOI 10.30792/2949-5768-2025-10-44-50
FEATURES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIDARI STATUE IN TRANSBAIKALIA
Zhamsueva Darima Sanzhievna – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology SB RAS (Ulan-Ude, Russia).
E-mail: darisan@rambler.ru
This article, based on archival documents, reveals important aspects of the construction
of the Maidari statue at the Aginsky Datsan in the Transbaikal Territory, which was a histo-rical monument of Buddhist sculpture. It describes the acquisition, construction, transportation to St. Petersburg, return, restoration, and consecration of this significant Buddhist religious object.
