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Red Shambhala : magic, prophecy, and geopolitics in the heart of Asia
- Title
- Red Shambhala : magic, prophecy, and geopolitics in the heart of Asia / Andrei Znamenski.
- Author
- Znamenski, Andrei A., 1960-
- Publication
- Wheaton, Ill. : Quest Books/Theosophical Pub. House, 2011.
- Supplementary Content
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- Description
- xxv, 268 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm
- Summary
- Depicts how the Soviet Communists of the 1920s sought to extend their influence over Mongolia and Tibet, using the ancient Buddhist myth of Shambhala as a form of propoganda to further their aims.
- Subjects
- Shambhala
- Extremists > Soviet Union > Biography
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > History > Prophecies
- Au€enpolitik
- Propaganda
- Geopolitics > Soviet Union > History
- Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1917-1936
- Tibet
- Politik
- Zentralasien
- Shambhala > Political aspects > Soviet Union > History
- Asia, Central > Foreign relations > Soviet Union
- Communism > Soviet Union > History
- Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1917-1945
- Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Asia, Central
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > History > 20th century
- Sowjetunion
- Mongolei
- Prophecies > Political aspects > Soviet Union > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and index.
- Contents
- Shambhala, Kalachakra Tantra, and avenging gods of Tibetan Buddhism -- Power for the powerless : the Mongol-Tibetan world and its prophecies -- Alexander Barchenko : budding red Merlin and his ancient science -- Engineer of human souls : Bolshevik cryptographer Gleb Bokii -- Prophecies draped in red : blood and soil in the heart of Asia -- Red prophecy on the march : Mongolia to Tibet -- The great plan : Nicholas and Helena Roerich -- Shambhala warrior in a Western body : Nicholas Roerich's Asian ventures -- Epilogue: The end of red Shambhala.
- ISBN
- 9780835608916
- 0835608913
- 9780835608916
- 0835608913
- LCCN
- 2010047136
- OCLC
- ocn681499968
- 681499968
- SCSB-5893405
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries