The new historical bulletin

37-53

Authors: A. Zorin

The article is based on little-known documents from the Orientalists’ Archives at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (IOM), RAS, concerning the process of formation and cataloguing of one of the world’s biggest collections of manuscripts and xylograph (block print)books in the Tibetan language dating from 1720 up to late 1917, the emphasis being done on the sources of acquisition, the personalities of the major book collectors, such as Baron P.L. Schilling von Canstatt, the expeditions by some Russian scholars and explorers, such as G.Ts. Tsybikov, B.B. Baradijn, P.K. Kozlov. The author, however, points at the fragmentary character of the documentation in question which makes it hard to arrive at the complete and clear picture of how the Tibetan collection of the Museum of Asia (now The Institute of Manuscripts) was formed. The author concludes that by the mid-1910s this collection had already been a unique corpus on Tibetan Buddhism drawing the attention of both Russian and foreign academics. It contained complete sets of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon, collected works of many important Tibetan authors and, moreover, some ancient and rare texts, such as manuscripts from Dunhuang and Khara-Khoto. Museum of Asia, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (IOM) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tibetan manuscript, block print, Buddhist literature, book collection, numbering of books, cataloguing, P.L. Schilling von Canstatt, G.Ts. Tsybikov, B.B. Baradijn, P.K. Kozlov

65-73

Authors: M. Polovnikova

The article which is based on documents from the State Archives of the Kirov region covers the activities of the Vyatka Brotherhood of St. Nicholas established by Stephan Kashmensky in 1882. Particular attention is paid to the struggle against “dissenters”, as well as the missionary, religious and educational activities carried out among the local population of the province. The author dwells on the creation and the activities of missionary schools of the Vyatka Brotherhood arriving at the conclusion that the Vyatka Brotherhood has facilitated the consolidation of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Vyatka province. Vyatka province, Russian Orthodox Church, Vyatka eparchy, Vyatka Brotherhood of St. Nikolas, missionary work, “dissent”, S. Kashmensky

84-93

Authors: L. Molchanov

The article is devoted to the Civil war waged on the territory of the Uraanhai krai (Tuva), which was under Russia’s protectorate. The author highlights the struggle for the control over the krai by the government of Admiral A.V. Kolchak, as well as by the Chinese and Mongolian authorities. It is stated that Kolchak’s government was preparing an administrative reform in the Uraanhai krai to the end of strengthening the Russian protectorate which was derailed by such factors as the aggravation of the economic crisis, the defeat of Kolchak’s troops at the front, the intervention of the Mongolian and Chinese troops in the internal affairs of the krai, the wide spreading of the Bolshevik insurgent movement, and the aggravated ethnic contradictions. Russian Civil War, Siberia, Uraanhai krai (Tuva), Uryankhay (Tuvinians), Buddhist Church, Tuvinian officials, A.V. Kolchak, China, Mongolia

110-118

Authors: M. Krotova

The article based on unknown archival documents and also on V.N. Kasatkin’s unpublished memoirs looks at unknown episodes of his biography. The main focus is on the period of his emigrant life in Manchuria, in Harbin, that was hushed up in his memoirs, particularly,his unsuccessful attempt to get the Soviet citizenship and his service at the Japanese War Mission in Manchukuo. It concludes that the former general of Russian and Kolchak’s armies, like many other emigrants in Manchuria, was ready to adopt Soviet citizenship for the sake of survival. Moreover, Kasatkin began to do military service for the militaristic Japan. V.N. Kasatkin, White Movement, Siberia, A.V. Kolchak’s government, Russian emigration, Manchuria, Harbin, USSR consulate, Manchukuo, Japan