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Tibetan Buddhism in Kalmykia
Kosareva, Evgeniya ; Vojtíšek, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Hošek, Pavel (referee)
The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to study and analyze Tibetan Buddhism in Kalmykia. In order to achieve this goal, the following points must be examined: 1. To study sources of Kalmykia and understand the history of the development of local population. 2. To analyze Genesis and study the religion of Buddhism of Kalmykia. 3. To study basic valuable objects of Buddhism religion in the Republic of Kalmykia. 4. To find basic written texts, which Kalmyk Buddhists reveres. While working on this bachelor thesis, literature by Russian authors was used which was taken from Kalmyk Buddhists. This thesis also includes important information which was obtained from texts and literature. This thesis focuses on Buddhist pantheons which Kalmyk Buddhists reveres. These points have helped to examine and understand Kalmyk history, the development of Buddhism in the Republic of Kalmykia, and problems which conjoins with Buddhism in the 20th century. Key words: Tibetan buddhism, Kalmykia, pantheon, religion, Russia
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Kalmyks and Russia
Lachman, Karel ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
The presented paper is supposed to be an overviewing study covering the historical development of social formations built up on Kalmyk ethnic background and its relations with Russian state. Taking into consideration, that both Russian state and the Kalmyk ethnic group have undergone significant modifications during its historical development, the paper mainly recourses to diachronic analysis of the topic. Simultaneously with the diachronic approach is also applied the synchronic one, primarily with respect to the strategies of legitimization justifying the participation of the Kalmyk Republic in the Russian Federation. From the methodological viewpoint, the paper is based on short-time stay in Kalmykia, interviews with Kalmyks residing in Prague and Russian bibliography.
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