Hinduism has been spread in Russia primarily due to the work of scholars from the religious organization International Society for Krishna Consciousness and by itinerant Swamis from India and small co
ISKCON Moscow Ratha Yatra
Early 19th century engraving depicting Hindu temple in Astrakhan, Russia.
The Human rights publication list to free Hare Krishnas in the Soviet Union.
Peterburgian Vedism or Peterburgian Rodnovery, or more broadly Russian Vedism and Slavic Vedism, is one of the earliest branches of Rodnovery and one of the most important schools of thought within it
Hinduism in Russia
…Russian Hindus Total population 140,000 (2011) 0.1% of its total population Religions Hinduism Majority: Vaishnavism (Krishnaism) Minority: Shaivism and Slavic Vedism Scriptures Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavatam and Vedas Languages Sacred: Sanskrit Other: Russian & Other Russian languages ISKCON Moscow Ratha Yatra Hinduism…
Russian priests of the Skhoron ezh Sloven organisation of Peterburgian Vedism. The founder of the organisation Vladimir Golyakov (1968–2021) is the one holding the hammer.
Prince Gleb of Novgorod killing the volkhv (priest) in 1071, as illustrated in the Radziwiłł Chronicle. The Peterburgian Vedic organisation Skhoron ezh Sloven traces its origins to this historical event.
Shrine of Svarog, the supreme God in its visible form, in Bitsa Park, Moscow
Ritual element at a Rodnover temple located in the area of Lysaya Gora in the Bitsa Park, Moscow. The four wolf-headed totems identify the temple as belonging to the Peterburgian Vedic tradition.