Kalmyk Buddhist Clergy and the Russian Government in the Early-to-Mid 19th c.: Some Aspects of the Interaction Through the Eyes of Russian officials
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2017-11-81-90
Abstract
The article deals with relations between the Kalmyk Buddhist clergy and governmental bodies of the Russian Empire in the early-to-mid 19th century. The religious policy of the Russian Government towards the Kalmyks was somewhat ambiguous and incomplete, since, on the one hand, Kalmyk Buddhist institutions were supposed to be controlled by local authorities and serve the interests of the Russian rule, but, on the other hand, missionary activities were conducted among the Kalmyk populations posing Orthodox Christianity as the main state religion. Such interference of the state in the spiritual affairs of Kalmyks — aggravated by incompetence of some state employees — adversely influenced the relations between the Buddhist clergy and the Russian officialdom in the long term.
About the Author
V. Batyrov
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (Elista, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph. D. in History (Cand. of Historical Sc.), Senior Research Associate, Department of History, Archаeology and Ethnology
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For citations:
Batyrov V. Kalmyk Buddhist Clergy and the Russian Government in the Early-to-Mid 19th c.: Some Aspects of the Interaction Through the Eyes of Russian officials. Mongolian Studies. 2017;9(2):81-90. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2017-11-81-90
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