Red Shambhala

Red Shambhala: Magic, Prophesy, and Geopolitics in the Heart of Asia is a 2011 non-fiction work by Andrei Znamenski. The book explores the links between Bolshevik revolutionaries and their attempt to influence Vajrayana Buddhism in Mongolia and Tibet, as well as indigenous shamanic elements in the Russian Far East. In particular, some elements within the Bolsheviks were interested in using the apocalyptic Shambhala prophesies of the Kalachakra Tantra to influence the Buddhists into supporting Marxist-Leninism.

Figures

 * Alexander Barchenko
 * Gleb Bokii
 * Boris Pankratov
 * Pyotr Kozlov
 * Nicholas Roerich
 * Ja Lama
 * 9th Panchen Lama
 * Agvan Dorzhiev

Events

 * Russian Civil War
 * Mongolian Revolution of 1921
 * Kalmyk Project