BUDDHISM
IN RUSSIA
from the past to the present
The history of Buddhism. Part 2
ABOUT
The two-part saga begins in the 6th century in the Altai region and passes through the centuries, showing the history of Russian Buddhism with its periods of heyday, suppression and revival.
One can learn from the film the events of the past and the views of the future, the fate of the Kalmyk people during the WWII and the modern period of Buddhism renewal in the Russian Federation.
12+
120 minutes
2019
Russia
Popular science/ documentary
The popular science film “Buddhism in Russia” is the second documentary film in a series of popular-scientific projects of the candidate of historical sciences Elena Leontieva. This is a text book for students of universities and colleges. Its task to tell them about history and philosophy of Buddhism, one of the oldest world’s religions, in a simple clear form.
VIDEO
FILM CREW
Grigory Dikkert
Director
Elena Leonteva
Script
Igor Korotky
Operator
Valentin Kuznetsov
Presenter
Andrey Efimov
CFO
Yana Kuznetsova
Executive producer
Alexey Baryshev
Computer graphics artist
Sergey and Lyudmila Morozov
Composer
Maria Nazarova
Sound Director
Evgeny Bobrov
Color correction
CAST
Bulat Sambilov
Young Dorzhiev
Chamba Tharchien
Young Dorzhiev
Lama Sahgye
Dorzhiev
Tsynge Lomboev
Nyamnane Lama
Valentin Kuznetsov
Presenter, narrator
Diomid Vinogradov
Male voice
Maxim Shishkov
Male voice
Alexandra Kuznetsova
Female voice
GALLERY
AWARDS
HEROES
Natalia Zhukovskaia
Candidate of History
Valerii Androsov
Doctor of History, Professor
Andrei Terentiev
Candidate in History
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Buda Badmaev
Abbot of the datsan Gunzechoinei
Tarba Dorzhiev
Abbot of the Atsagat dastan
Elena Ostrovskaia
Professor at the Saint-Petersburg State University
Buyan Bashky
Head of the administration of the Union of Buddhists of Tuva
Tenzin Tsultrim
Kamby-lama of Tuva
Vladimir Ubushaev
Doctor of History, Professor
Yeshe Lodoi Rinpoche
Abbot of the Buddhist center Rinpoche Bagsha
Nadezhda Artemieva
Candidate in History
Galina Dorzhieva
Candidate in History
Eduard Dubman
Doctor of History
Valentine Zudina
Director of the Museum at Samara State University
Surun-Khanda Syrtypova
Doctor of History
Svetlana Batyreva
Doctor in Art History
Aleksandr Koibagarov
President of the Russian Association of Diamond Way Buddhists in the Karma Kagyu tradition
Bal’zhinima Tsyrenov
Artist-conservator of the Agin cultural center
Hambo Baasansuren
Khambo-Lama of the monastery Erdene Zuu
Viacheslav Namruev
Mayor of the city of Elista (2010 - 2020)
Agvan Dorzhiev
Buddhism is a teaching about liberation from darkness and ignorance by discovering and realizing the highest level of intellectual development.
"Cultural Heritage of the Himalayas"
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