Khosheutovsky khurul, Buddhist monastery in Rechnoye, Russia

Khosheutovsky khurul is a Buddhist monastery in Rechnoye whose main building combines Russian classicism with Kalmyk forms: a yellow stucco prayer hall with white pilasters and a tiered tower topped by a spire. Its plan follows the Kazan Cathedral and echoes the Khoshut tamga, a bow-and-arrow shape stamped on nearly every brick.

A wooden temple once stood on this site, where a service honoured the Second Kalmyk Regiment and its banner was kept. Serebdzhab Tyumen, a lieutenant colonel and hero of 1812, initiated a memorial khurul, built 1814–1817 to Batur-Ubushi Tyumen's design with monk Gavan Chombe as consultant. Closed in the 1920s, it served as a granary in the 1950s; its galleries and small towers were dismantled in the 1960s for a cowshed.

The khurul's name comes from the Khosheutovsky ulus where it was built; the main shrine was originally called the First Big Khurul. Its plan follows the Khoshut tamga, an arrow-and-bow emblem stamped on nearly every brick during construction. Kalmyk pilgrims from the republic still visit the site.

The khurul stands in Rechnoye, Kharabalinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, on the right bank of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, far from Elista; access is by road from Kharabali. Only the central building and the chapel remain of the monastery complex, so allow time to walk the grounds. The interior keeps partially preserved original wall painting; visitors should check locally before travelling, as opening depends on the Buddhist community that received the building in 2004.

The ground plan follows the Khoshut tamga, a bow-and-arrow emblem, and this mark was stamped on almost every brick during construction. The composition also borrows the plan of the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Nomadic khuruls Dekshidyn and Manlan, which arrived from Dzungaria in 1811, settled around the temple.