Marina V. Mongush
Publications by the Author
3 publications
ACQUAINTED WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF CHINESE TUVANS IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM (ACCORDING TO EXPEDITION DATA OF 2012)
The author shares her experience of getting acquainted with the activities of Chinese Tuvans in the field of tourism. This it was possible thanks to an international scientific expedition led by Japanese Professor Yuki Konagaya to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, which took place in the summer of 2012. The author tells about the development be the Tuvans of Xinjiang tourist market in their region, which is gaining popularity every year among the indigenous population of the country – the Han Chinese. The materials that were collected during that expedition are not only of great scientific interest, but they are also very important for understanding modern ethnic and ethno-cultural processes taking place in Xinjiang. Due to the development of tourism, Chinese Tuvans are learning to present themselves as an exotic people, about whom little was known before. Currently, the Chinese government, within the framework of the state tourism program, pays great attention to the study of the Tuvan ethnic group, which is still not on the official list of small peoples of China. In this case tourism for Chinese Tuvans is a chance to assert themselves as an ethnic unit. The results of the expedition showed that the Tuvans of Xinjiang have achieved significant success in the field of tourism. Their experience is useful for Tuva not only scientifically, but also in practical terms
TIBETAN ISSUE IN THE FOREGN POLICY OF RUSSIA AND GREAT BRITAIN (ON THE BASE OF ARCHIVAL SOURCES)
The focus of the article is archival documents stored in the funds of the State Archive of the Russian Federation. Firstly, these are the memoirs of the head of the Chancellery of the Imperial Court, A.A. Mosolov. The document opens little-known pages in the history of international relations in Central Asia and the Far East in the late XIX - early XX century, shows the place of Tibet in Russian foreign policy. Secondly, these are documents from a case called “Milyukov P. N. ”Memo” to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the State of Tibet”, dated 1913. The author studies these documents in detail; gives a brief historical digression into Russian-Tibetan relations; pays attention to the personalities of Buryat Lama A. Dorzhiev and Tibetan medicine doctor P.A. Badmaev, who advocated the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Tibet; touches on the topic of relations between Russia and England on the Tibetan issue.
THE ROLE OF BOGDO-GEGENS IN THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL ASIA
In this article, the author examines the history of the emergence of the Bogdo-gegen institute, or Jebtsun Damba-Hutukhta, the traditional head of Buddhism in Mongolia and in neighboring countries, which gained wide popularity during the rule of the Altyn Khans in Central Asia and Southern Siberia (XVI-XVII centuries). The line of Bogdo-gegens is considered to be the line of rebirths of the great Tibetan yogi, scientist, philosopher and historian Taranatha Kung Nyimo (1575-1634), who achieved higher spiritual realizations in various tantric practices, and at the request of Mongolian disciples was reborn in Mongolia, in a khan family. This was the first Djebtsun Damba-hutukhta (XVII - early XVIII century), his guru was the Dalai Lama V. This line of succession continues to the present. The author tries to analyze some political aspects that are behind the institution of bogdo-gegans.