Tsagan Aman is a village (rural type) in Kalmykia, the administrative center of the Yustinsky district and the Tsaganamansky rural municipal formation. This is the only way out of Kalmykia to the Volga. The city is located 300 km northeast of Elista.
The name of the village is translated as Happy Coast (Kalm. Tsaһan - White + Kalm. Aman - Coast) and characterizes the location of the village.
For the first time
Tsagan-Aman was mentioned in the document "About the land called
Tsagan-Aman" in 1818. It follows from this document that the
Tsagan-Aman tract begins its history from 1798, when Orchi-Lama
began to erect khurul buildings here (on the left bank of the Volga,
approximately in the area of the modern village of Tsagan Bulg).
The foundation of the village is connected with the history of
the Bagatsokhurov khurul "Lamrim-lin". The Bagatsokhurov khurul was
formed with the blessing of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the
territory of Dzungaria, from where it migrated with the Oirats to
the Volga region, the name was given to it by the Dalai Lama at the
beginning of the 17th century. Legend has it that the certificates
for the opening of the khurul with the signature and seal of the
Dalai Lama were taken away in 1771 by those who migrated to
Dzungaria, but the nomadic monastery and its khuvaraks remained on
the Volga. Soon the Bagshi Khurula Orchi Lama acquired land for his
khurul, in which from 250 to 300 monks remained, and then built the
first wooden temple in the Tsagan Aman tract. The khurul complex
existed until 1935, when it was destroyed during an anti-religious
campaign.
Tsagan-Aman is mentioned in the List of inhabited
places of the Astrakhan province for 1859 as the main headquarters
of the Bagatsokhursky ulus. In total, in 1859, there were 8 khuruls
in the Tsagan Aman tract, 55 wagons roamed, in which 220 people
lived. In 1925, the Tsaganaman Village Council was formed, renamed
Otkhonovsky in 1935. In 1929-1930, the collective farm "Trudovy
Kalmyk" was formed in the village.
On December 28, 1943, the
Kalmyks living in the village were deported, the village was
transferred to the Astrakhan region. By the decree of the Presidium
of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of November 5, 1952, Tsagan Aman
was renamed into the village of Burunny. After the Kalmyks returned
from Siberia on March 22, 1957, by the decision of the Kalmyk
Regional Council of People's Deputies of Working People, the center
of the Yusta region was moved from the settlement of Yusta to the
settlement of Burunny, and by the Decree of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of March 22, 1961, the historical name
"Tsagan-Aman" was returned to the settlement of Burunny.
Tsagan-Aman khurul. In the early 1990s, it was decided to
restore the khurul next to the house where Lama Tugmyud-gavdzhi
(1887-1980) lived and conducted services. Lama received a higher
spiritual education in Kukunor (Inner Mongolia), where he studied
for fourteen years and defended the title of "geshe-gavji", he
worked at the Petersburg datsan, then taught philosophy at
Tsannid-Chyorya. In 1943 he was exiled with his people to Siberia.
Returning from exile, from 1964 he lived and received believers in
Tsagan Aman.
Khurul in Tsagan Aman was built in full accordance
with the traditions of Buddhist architecture. The author of the
project is Vladimir Gilyandikov. The graceful pagoda with a golden
roof and decorated with wood carvings gives the temple a special
beauty. In the khurul there is a sculpture of Buddha Shakyamuni more
than two meters high. The walls of the temple are hung with Buddhist
icons depicting Green Tara - the goddess-protector, Buddha Manla,
who gives health, the formidable Idam Yamantaka and other deities.
Most of these picturesque fabrics were brought from Tibet and
Mongolia.
Stupa of Perfect Victory