Gusinoye Ozero (rural locality)

Gusinoye Ozero (Russian: Гуси́ное О́зеро; Buryat: Тамча, Tamcha) is a village (selo) in Selenginsky District of the Buryat Republic, Russia, located on the south-western shore of Lake Gusinoye, Selenga Highlands. Population: 3,268 (2002 Census);[1] 4,219 (1989 Census).[2] Gusinoye Ozero is the second most populated inhabited locality of Selenginsky District (after Gusinoozyorsk).

Gusinoye Ozero in 2008

The village was founded in 1934 during the construction of the Ulan-Ude—Naushki railway. It was granted urban-type settlement status on June 26, 1941, but demoted back to rural locality on November 22, 2004, due to closing of all industrial enterprises.

It is home of the Tamchinsky datsan, a Buddhist monastery "founded in the mid-18th century." In 1809, the monastery became "the center of Buddhism in eastern Siberia".[3] The temple, which was ransacked in the 1930s, was being restored as of 2013 "as part of the revival of the Buddhist cultural and spiritual legacy in Buriatiia."[3]

References
  1. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  2. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  3. "Gusinoe Ozero (Town), Datsan, Main Temple (1858-70), West Facade, Gusinoe Ozero, Russia". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-03-26.

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