Moscow authorities have allocated a plot of land on Poklonnaya Hill for a World War II memorial in the Russian capital's west, for a Buddhist temple, a deputy Moscow mayor said today (February 16, 2010).
"We have resolved the issue of providing a plot of land on Poklonnaya Hill to build a Buddhist temple," Sergei Baidakov, deputy Moscow mayor, said, according to the Ria Novosti website.
Baidakov added that it is unknown when the temple construction will be completed. Poklonnaya Hill already has an Orthodox Church, a mosque, and a synagogue.
Russia's four traditional faiths -- Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism -- played an important role in defeating Hitler's Nazi German invasion of the country, although Russia lost more than 20 million troops in World War II.
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