THE BEGINNINGS OF SCIENTIFIC TIBETAN STUDIES IN BURYATIA. ESSAY ONE
The article is devoted to the origin of scientific Tibetan studies in Buryatia. The authors focus on the scientific fortune and historiography of the Tibetan research work of two most prominent Buryat scholars Gombozhap Tsybikov and Bazar Baradiin. Thanks to their organizing and scientific efforts not only the Buryat Scholarly Committee was created, but also foundations of scientific Tibetan studies school were laid in Buryatia.