The Buddhist temple in St-Petersburg is the northernmost in the world. As a matter of fact, the Buddhist community did not exist in the city before the XXth century, there used to be Buryat and Kalmyk newcomers only. The temple was built on donations and turned out to be one of the most expensive one in Europe at the time. Buddhist temples were mostly wooden, and this one was made of crushed granite. Opened at the tercentenary of the Romanov dynasty in 1913, the temple only worked for three years, the monks left Petrograd then. Today, the temple has been completely restored and the service is conducted there regularly. In addition, some astrologists and a Tibetan medicine doctor receive there.