St. Petersburg is a city of world religions!

From the first years of its existence, St. Petersburg has always been an international and tolerant city. The first builders of the future pearl of world culture: Russians, Germans, Dutch, Finns, of course, captured Swedes, Tatars, Jews and even Buddhists. The first Tatar settlement appeared immediately after the foundation of the city, Muslim Tatars settled on the St. Petersburg side (now it is the Petrograd side), it is on the site of this settlement in the early 20th century that the first minaret of the first mosque in St. Petersburg - the largest in Europe - rises to the sky.

A large number of the first St. Petersburgers were Jews, and although in Russia there was a ban on the entry of Jews into the country, nevertheless, from the first days of the emergence of St. Petersburg near Peter1 there are associates of Jewish nationality. They were businessmen, merchants, and doctors. By the mid-19th century, the number of Jews exceeded ten thousand. Alexander II makes a significant decision for the Jewish community - gives permission for the construction of the Great Choral Synagogue. By the end of the 19th century, the second largest synagogue in Europe was opened on Lermontovsky Prospekt.

Not far from the Tatar settlement, according to the chroniclers of St. Petersburg, the first Buddhists lived - they were Volga Kalmyks, subjects of the Kalmyk Khanate, which had not yet become part of Russia. The first Buddhist community began to take shape in the late 19th century, and the first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg was consecrated in 1915. The temple, aka Datsan (Buryat monastery-school), became the first in Europe and the northernmost on the planet.

For the construction of the new capital, Peter I called from Europe architects, artists, engineers, builders who were Catholics and Protestants. Therefore, the first Catholic and Protestant churches were built along with the Orthodox. Today there are 7 Catholic parishes in St. Petersburg, and in 1996 the first Catholic monastery was founded in the very center of St. Petersburg.

The largest temple of Krishna in Europe is also located in St. Petersburg - this unusual building was built in 2003 in accordance with all the architectural traditions of India.

Unusual aesthetics of religious buildings adorns our city and gives special charm and unusualness. To see the Eastern temples enough to visit St. Petersburg.

Tolerance of other faiths is a traditional feature of Russian culture.

Acquaintance with temples of different beliefs will bring aesthetic pleasure, expand your horizons and knowledge of world religions.

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