The flourishing of the Buddhist tradition in the Russian Federation

Raymond Lam travels to the windswept steppes of Kalmykia to explore the history of a genuine frontier of Eurasian Buddhism.

Unique insights from the driving force behind the restoration of Buddhism in Kalmykia

Lore, history, and society at the far reaches of the Buddhist world

The great Buddhist heritage of Russia

Editor’s note: Bakaeva Elza Petrovna has a PhD in History and is Deputy Director of the Kalmyk Institute for Humanities of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian Federation, Republic of Kalmykia, El

A four-part series on the Buddhist diffusion in Russia!

A face-off between Russia's Buddhists and imperial rulers

The conflict between Buddhism and Communism reaches a climax

The story of Russian Buddhism continues into the 21st century

In a past article, I suggested a three-point plan that ambitious and gifted Buddhist leaders could consider implementing for an authentic “21st Century Buddhism”. These were: help pro