Ivolginsky datsan (Russian: ??????????? ?????) is the Buddhist Temple located in Buryatia, Russia, 23 km from Ulan Ude, near bVerkhnyaya/b Ivolga village. The datsan was opened in 1945 as the only Buddhist spiritual centre of USSR. ... There are also a library, bhotel/b, the philosophic faculty - Choyra, building of the Buddhistic University - Dashy Choinhorlin, museum of monuments of Buryat art, sacred tumbs-suburgans, some service buildings and houses for lamas there. ...