Zanabazar Buddhist University at Gandantegchinlen Monastery (Гандантэгчэнлин Хийдийн Их Сургууль)

Founded 1990 (reconstituted post-Democratic Revolution at GANDANTEGCHINLEN MONASTERY — the surviving Buddhist seat that endured Stalinist Purge by reduced status). MONGOLIA'S PREMIER POST-1990 BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY at GANDANTEGCHINLEN MONASTERY — extraordinary history. Gandantegchinlen Monastery (founded 1809) was THE ONLY MAJOR MONGOLIAN BUDDHIST MONASTERY TO SURVIVE the 1937-1939 Stalinist Purge that destroyed 700+ Mongolian monasteries — Gandan was preserved in reduced ceremonial status as showpiece for foreign visitors. Buddhist scholastic activity reconstituted at Gandan post-1990 Democratic Revolution. Named ZANABAZAR (1635-1723) — first Jebtsundamba Khutuktu (Buddhist spiritual leader of Outer Mongolia), legendary sculptor, founded Mongolian Buddhist scholarship tradition. ~500 monks/students. Premier post-Soviet Mongolian Buddhist education revival.

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