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"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778) was established 21 April 1994. The journal, a pioneering and the only publication of this kind in the world, provides virtually daily abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Asian Studies. It is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. The periodical forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library. For further details see a page About the Asian Studies WWW Monitor. The journal is complemented by its sister publication Pacific Studies WWW Monitor which was established in April 2000.

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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early June 2007, Vol. 14, No. 7 (264)

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 10
Entries rejected: 5

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14 Jun 2007
5star
Etherton at Kashgar: Rhetoric and Reality in the History of the "Great Game" [online book]
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US.
Supplied note: "A new online publication, based on extensive work in collections of the British Library: Daniel C. Waugh, Etherton at Kashgar: Rhetoric and Reality in the History of the "Great Game" (Seattle: Bactrian Press, 2007; http://faculty.washington.edu/dwaugh/ethertonatkashgar2007.pdf), 76 pp. This is a reassessment of British Intelligence activity and in particular the career of the British Consul P. T. Etherton at Kashgar (Xinjiang) in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution. - dw."
Self-description: "This study is part of a larger project on the British Consulate at Kashgar between 1918 and 1924. The author is Professor Emeritus of History, International Studies and Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. He may be contacted at dwaugh--at--u.washington.edu"
Site contents: * Introduction 1; * Etherton's Career 3; * The Challenges of Being British Consul in Kashgar 6; * The Origins of the Kashgar Mission 8; * The Consulate's Intelligence and Communications Networks 15; * Confusion in the British Government's Policies Toward the Bolsheviks 24; * Etherton's Intelligence Activity 30; * How Serious Was the Bolshevik Threat? 40; * The Denouement of Etherton's Kashgar Career 50; * Etherton's Book as Political Discourse and Self-Serving Propaganda 55; * Selected Bibliography 68; * Map 72;
[A PDF document 1.8M strong - ed.]
URL http://faculty.washington.edu/dwaugh/ethertonatkashgar2007.pdf
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Dan Waugh (dwaugh--at--u.washington.edu), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--fas.harvard.edu, and estudios-orientales--at--yahoogroups.com
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

14 Jun 2007
5star
Online Gallery: Sacred: Discover what we share: The world's greatest collection of Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy books
British Library, London, UK
Supplied note: "A spectacular exhibition at The British Library through September [2007 - ed.], 'Sacred: Discover what we share: The world's greatest collection of Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy books,' with innovative access to its highlights via the Internet (at the URL below). For example, one can turn pages of Sultan Baybars' Qur'an, hear the Arabic text being recited, read a translation of it, or hear a discussion of it in English. More generally, the Library's new Online Gallery uses innovative technology to allow one to page or scroll through important books (among them the Dunhuang copy of The Diamond Sutra). - dw."
Site contents: * Introduction; * Visit Sacred (67 texts: Dead Sea Scrolls c.50 (on loan), Gospel of Thomas 3rd c, Codex Sinaiticus c.350, Codex Alexandrinus 5th c, Syriac Bible 463/4, Vulgate Gospels 6th c, Lindisfarne Gospels late 7th-early 8th c, Ma'il Qur'an 8th c, Torah Codex 9th c, Kufic Qur'an c.850, Gaster Bible 9th-10th c, New Testament, Constantinople mid-10th c, Old English Hexateuch 1000-50, Qur'an from Iraq or Persia 1036, Theodore Psalter 1066, Silos Apocalypse c.1100, Melisende Psalter 1131-43, Harley Trilingual Psalter 1130-54, Awag Vank' Gospels 1200-02, Syriac Gospel Lectionary 1216-20, Spanish Qur'an 13th c, Matthew Paris's Jerusalem pilgrim's travel guide c.1250, King David, North French Miscellany c.1278-98, Babylonian Talmud 13th-14th c, Pentateuch with prophetical readings 13th-14th c, Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch c.1300, Picturing God in a Jewish manuscript c.1300, Sultan Baybars' Qur'an 1304, Gospels in Coptic and Arabic 1308, Sultan Uljaytu's Qur'an 1310, Golden Haggadah c.1320, Santiago pilgrim's travel guide 1300-50, Luttrell Psalter c.1320-40, Holkham Bible Picture Book 1325-50, Mamluk Qur'an 1337, Samaritan Pentateuch 1339, Duke of Sussex's Spanish Bible mid-14th c, Gospels in Arabic 14th c, Barcelona Haggadah 14th c, Tsar Ivan Alexander's Gospels 1355-56, Spanish Hebrew Bible 1384, Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch c.1400, Portuguese Pentateuch 15th c, Hajj certificate 15th c, San'a Pentateuch 1469, Lisbon Bible 1482, First complete Mishnah 1492, Qur'an with Persian translation early 16th c, Tyndale New Testament 1526, Henry VIII's Psalter 1530-47, Picturing the Prophet 1539-43, Indian Qur'an 16th c, King James Bible 1611, Chinese Torah 1643-63, Chinese Qur'an 17th c, Armenian prayer scroll 1655, Shi'ite fatwas late 17th c, Ethiopian Octateuch late 17th c, Leipnik Haggadah 1740, Italian Ketubah 1776, Karaite Pentateuch 1835, Islamic marriage contract 1840, Javanese Qur'an 19th c, Mecca and Medina pilgrim's travel guide 19th c, Wahhabi manuscript 1853, Afghan Ketubah 1889, Ka'bah pilgrim's travel guide 1900.); * News and reviews; * Events; * Audio; * Videos; * Learning; * In the regions; * Shop; * Blog of the month; * Turn the pages of eight sacred texts * Interactive map (Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, View all), Time periods: Before 1000, 1000-1199, 1200-1399, 1400-1599, 1600-1799, 1800 onwards, View all).
URL http://www.bl.uk/sacred
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Dan Waugh (dwaugh--at--u.washington.edu), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--fas.harvard.edu, and estudios-orientales--at--yahoogroups.com
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000 (in fact, 1110)

11 Jun 2007
5star
Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue June 11, 2007
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Supplied note: "The following articles were posted on Jun 11, 2007 at Japan Focus.
* John McGlynn, Banco Delta Asia, North Korea's Frozen Funds and US Undermining of the Six-Party Talks: Obstacles to a Solution
* Paik Nak-chung, Democracy and Peace in Korea Twenty Years After June 1987: Where Are We Now, and Where Do We Go from Here?
* Akiko Takenaka, Enshrinement Politics: War Dead and War Criminals at Yasukuni Shrine
* Thomas I Palley and R. Taggart Murphy, Japan, Financial Stability and the World Economy: Two Perspectives
* David McNeill, Harpooned. Japan and the future of whaling
* Greg Lockhart, The Minefield: An Australian Tragedy in America's Vietnam War
* Carolin Liss, Southeast Asia's Maritime Security Dilemma: State or Market?
* Guillaume Gaulier, Francoise Lemoine and Deniz Uenal-Kesenci, China's Rise and the Reorganization of the Asian Regional and World Economy
Find them at http://japanfocus.org - m.selden."
Site contents:
* BROWSE ALL ARTICLES; * BROWSE BY REGION (Japan and the World, The United States, The Asia Pacific, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Russia, Europe, The Americas, Okinawa, Africa); * BROWSE BY ISSUES (Diplomacy and Security, The Military and Security, War and Peace, History, Politics and Ideology, Economics, Social Issues, Culture, Education, The Atomic Bomb, Atomic War, Hiroshima and Nagasaki); * SEARCH BY AUTHOR/TITLE/KEYWORD/DATE OF PUBLICATION
[Japan Focus is a refereed e-journal (est. 2003, ISSN 1557-4660) and archive on the Asia Pacific. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it provides translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important articles. Its website with more than 800 articles provides a permanent resource for students and researchers. The coordinators of Japan Focus are Andrew DeWit, Laura Hein, Gavan McCormack, David McNeill, Mark Selden, Yuki Tanaka and William Underwood. Contact Japan Focus by email at info--at--japanfocus.org - ed.]
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/* /http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact 6,640]

06 Jun 2007
3star
Asia and the Other, Taiwan, 23 June 2007
Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Supplied note: "The year 1984 witnessed the taking place of a pioneering conference entitled 'Europe and Its Others.' With the publication of Edward W. Said's Orientalism only a few years apart, the conference organized by the University of Essex engaged in discussions heralded in Said's monumental work and presented some of the most groundbreaking writings in the then-emerging field, 'postcolonial theory,' with the participation of numerous thought-provoking scholars, Said himself included. Now, a little over two decades later, the Department of English at National Taiwan Normal University has put together an international conference ASIA AND THE OTHER, to be held on June 23, 2007 [venue: Honesty Hall, Main Campus, National Taiwan Normal University 162 Ho-ping East Road, Section 1, Taipei - ed.], with a view to soliciting input on Asia's positioning in light of the question of the Other/other.
At this conference, we will have invited talks by Sneja Gunew (Professor of English and Women's Studies, University of British Columbia), Hugh J. Silverman (Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University), and Scott Slovic (Professor of Literature and Environment, University of Nevada, Reno), a roundtable discussion, and more than 30 papers presented by scholars across various disciplines from all over the world. Please visit our website for more details -
Chun-yen Chen, Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, 162 Ho-ping East Road, Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan 106, (+886) 2-23632664 ext. 205 Email: jochen--at--ntnu.edu.tw "
URL http://www.eng.ntnu.edu.tw/asia/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Chun-yen Chen (jochen--at--ntnu.edu.tw), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

06 Jun 2007
3star
17th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 1-3 July 2008
Key Conference Solutions on behalf of ASAA and Monash Asia Institute (hosts of the 2008 ASAA Conference), Melbourne, Australia
Self-description: "Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), 17th Biennial Conference: Is this the Asian Century? 1-3 July 2008, Sebel Albert Park Hotel, Melbourne. The biennial Asian Studies Association of Australia [coombs.anu.edu.au/ASAA/] conference is the largest gathering of expertise in Asia in the southern hemisphere. The theme for 2008 invites you to assess how the regions and issues on which you are interested are faring. The ASAA conference is multi-disciplinary and covers Central, South, South-East and North East Asia and the relationship of all of these with the rest of the world. The 17th biennial conference on 1-3 July 2008 will bring together specialists to assess trends in Asian law, medicine and health, science, ethics/human rights, politics, regional security, economics, culture, religion, environment, media, the performing arts and many other fields. Given the theme, we encourage cross-country and inter-regional analysis. To assess how Asia is doing, we need to think broadly about Asia and compare trends in India and China, the new giants of Asia, with the older industrial power Japan and newly emerging economies of Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. We also need to link up these trends with events outside Asia."
Site contents: * Speakers; * Abstracts; * Program; * Registration; * Call For Papers; * Abstract Submission; * Proceedings Style Guide; * Exhibition & Sponsors; * Further Information (Accommodation, MelbourneÊ & ÊTravel, Contact Us, Expression of Interest, Asian Studies Association of Australia, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University).
URL http://www.conferenceworks.net.au/asaa/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

05 Jun 2007
3star
Sanskrit Studies around the World
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, US
Supplied note: "Here is an updated list of universities offering Sanskrit learning all over the world: [at the URL below] (Adapted and expanded from Prof Gudrun Buhnemann's website at University of Wisconsin-Madison) - pj. "
Site contents: * India; * North America; * Australia; * Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland); * Middle/Near-East Asia (Israel, Oman); * Far-East Asia (Japan, Thailand); * Summer Courses; * Tools and Materials for Home-Study.
[Note: the website by Professor Gudrun Buehnemann mentioned above, namely 'The Archive of Indological Resources Online' (http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~gbuhnema/links.html), was created 2000-2005. In addition to cataloging information about Sanskrit Studies worldwide the Archive also provides a massive directory of web links dealing with: Hindu Traditions, Art & Iconography, Home-Study, Yoga, Associations, Dictionaries & Glossaries, Buddhist Traditions, Groups & Libraries, Transliteration Fonts, Indian Religions (other), Journals, Papers, Magazines, Texts & Language Links, Tantrism, Publishers & Booksellers - ed.]
URL http://myweb.uiowa.edu/pjai/Sanskrit/SanskritStudies.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Pankaj Jain (pankaj-jain--at--uiowa.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

04 Jun 2007
5star
Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue June 04, 2007
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Supplied note: "The following articles were posted on Jun 4, 2007 at Japan Focus.
* Michael Honda and Kinue Tokudome, The Japanese Apology on the "Comfort Women" Cannot Be Considered Official: Interview with Congressman Michael Honda
* William Underwood, Proof of POW Forced Labor for Japan's Foreign Minister: The Aso Mines
* Gavan McCormack, Fitting Okinawa into Japan the "Beautiful Country"
* Koh Sunhui and Kate Barclay, Traveling through Autonomy and Subjugation: Jeju Island Under Japan and Korea
* Craig Martin, The Case Against "Revising Interpretations" of the Japanese Constitution
* Kawakami Yasunori, Local Mosques and the Lives of Muslims in Japan
Find them at http://japanfocus.org - m.selden."
Site contents:
* BROWSE ALL ARTICLES; * BROWSE BY REGION (Japan and the World, The United States, The Asia Pacific, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Russia, Europe, The Americas, Okinawa, Africa); * BROWSE BY ISSUES (Diplomacy and Security, The Military and Security, War and Peace, History, Politics and Ideology, Economics, Social Issues, Culture, Education, The Atomic Bomb, Atomic War, Hiroshima and Nagasaki); * SEARCH BY AUTHOR/TITLE/KEYWORD/DATE OF PUBLICATION
[Japan Focus is a refereed e-journal (est. 2003, ISSN 1557-4660) and archive on the Asia Pacific. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it provides translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important articles. Its website with more than 800 articles provides a permanent resource for students and researchers. The coordinators of Japan Focus are Andrew DeWit, Laura Hein, Gavan McCormack, David McNeill, Mark Selden, Yuki Tanaka and William Underwood. Contact Japan Focus by email at info--at--japanfocus.org - ed.]
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/* /http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact 6,640]

03 Jun 2007
4star
The 6th IISS Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue 2007
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London, UK
Supplied note: "IISS Shangri-La Dialogue Concludes, Promises Further Strengthening of Security Relationships Across Asia-Pacific and Beyond The 6th IISS Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue [1-3 Jun 2007], which opened [in Singapore] on Friday 1 June with its largest ever gathering of ministers and senior security officials from 22 participating countries, welcomed more defence and foreign ministers, chiefs of defence staff, and other senior ranking officials than in any previous Dialogue. The 2007 Shangri-La Dialogue helped to improve US-Chinese military understanding, made possible by the participation of Lieutenant General Zhang Qinsheng, Deputy Chief of Staff of the PLA. Germany, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh participated at Minister and Vice Minister level for the first time. The programme consisted of a Keynote Address delivered by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and five plenary sessions featuring addresses by the defence ministers of the United States, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Germany. Further addresses were made by the Secretary of National Defense of the Philippines and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. Private bilateral meetings and off-the-record Break Out Groups are also central focuses of the Shangri-La Dialogue programme. These public and private meetings over the weekend facilitated further exchange of information on military programmes and defence and training agreements. As in previous years, the lasting effect of the Dialogue will be in the continuation of relationships and governmental agreements aimed at increasing regional security. [...] With the signature of an agreement between the IISS and the Ministry of Defence of the Government of Singapore to convene the summit in Singapore through 2011, the Shangri-La Dialogue will remain the premier security institution in the Asia-Pacific region. For full coverage of the Shangri-La Dialogue, please visit [the URL below] for speech texts, press coverage, image gallery, agenda and more. - kf"
Site contents: * Agenda 2007; * Plenary Session Speeches 2007; * Press Coverage; * Image Gallery 2007; * Press Gallery 2007; * Shangri-La Dialogue 2006; * Shangri-La Dialogue 2005; * SLD 2007 Press Policy.
URL http://www.iiss.org/conferences/the-shangri-la-dialogue
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/* /http://www.iiss.org/conferences/the-shangri-la-dialogue
Link reported by: Kay Floyd (floyd--at--iiss.org)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business/NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact 1,800]

01 Jun 2007
3star
17th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference, Nov 2007
University of Otago, Dunedin/Christchurch/Wellington/Auckland, New Zealand
Self-description: "17th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference 2007, University of Otago, 22nd - 25th November 2007. The New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) [www.nzasia.org.nz - ed.], established in 1974, seeks to encourage the spread of knowledge about Asia, its history, its culture and its role in international affairs. The Society's biennial conferences help achieve this aim through the dissemination of original research in all fields concerning Asia. The organising committee has put out a call for papers, and also confirmed some keynote speakers. [...] Further information will be posted on [the conference] page [i.e. at the URL below] as soon as it becomes available."
URL http://www.nzasia.org.nz/conference/index.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Jun 2007
3star
Buddhist Temple 'Datsan Gunzechoinei' in St.Petersburg, Russia
www.marhotin.ru, St.Petersburg, Russia
Supplied note: "My name is Andrei Marhotin, I am a photographer from St.Petersburg (Russia). In 2004-2005 I did photography in the Buddhist Temple 'Datsan Gunzechoinei' in St.Petersburg, which resulted in exhibition 'The Buddha's Temple on the Neva Banks'. I am writing to inform you that exhibition on-line is on my personal website: www.marhotin.ru - am."
Self-description: "The Buddhist Temple in St.Petersburg was constructed by Agvan Dorjiev (1853 -1938), Buryat lama one of the XIIIth Dalai Lama's teachers [...] In 1909 A.Dorjiev set up the Building Committee which members were: Academicians V.V. Radlov and S.F. Oldenburg, Prince E.E.Ukhtomsky, professors of St.Petersburg University V.L.Kotvich, A.D.Rudnev, F.I.Stcherbatskiy, artists N.K Roerich and V.P.Schneider. G.V. Baranovskii worked as an architect. His other famous works in St.Petersburg are the Eliseyev Trade House and the Geographical Society's building. [...] The first act of worship was conducted on 21 February 1913, on the 300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty when the Temple was still in its scaffolding. In August 1915 the Temple was consecrated to 'The Source of the Holy Teaching of the Buddha, Compassionate to All Beings'. ('Gunzechoinei' for short). In 1919 the Temple was vandalized by the Red Army. In 1927 public worship in the Temple was resumed but for a short time only. In 1935-1937 lamas were arrested and the Buddhist community ceased to exist. In 1938 the Temple buildings were municipalized and then used as youth physical training centre. In 1941-1960 the Temple housed a radio station, and some laboratories of Zoology Institute later. In 1990 the Temple [with own web site at http://www.dazan.spb.ru/ - ed.] was returned to the city's Buddhists."
Site contents: * Part I [photographs] * Part II [photographs] * About the Temple * About the [photo] exhibition * Guestbook
[A bi-lingual site (RU, EN) - ed.]
URL http://www.marhotin.ru/marhotin-datsan-eng/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Andrei Marhotin (andrei--at--marhotin.ru)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30




Copyright (c) 2007 by T. Matthew Ciolek.

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