User:McHowester/Bibliograhy

This is where you will compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Please refer to the following resources for help:


 * Adding citations
 * Evaluating articles and sources

FEATURES: REGIONS: Europe / Russia. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/buddhism-in-russia-history-and-modernity

This article is about the spread, downfall, and revival of Buddhism in Russia. It is authoritative in this context because it helps describe small events during the downfall of Buddhism in Russia. There are key details that give more info during the downfall of Buddhism in Russia that relate to the revival of Buddhism in Russia. When using the source I used it to see if the information correlated with the information on the wiki. I also used the information in the article to add more key details that where left out of or missing from the wiki.

Terentyev, Andrey. “Tibetan Buddhism in Russia.” The Tibet Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1996, pp. 60–70. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43300586. Accessed 17 Apr. 2020.

This Journal is about Tibetan Buddhism in Russian territory. It's authoritative status comes from its references with most coming from the source in which the article is about. It helps with info containing the Kalmykians and their population size and ties with Buddhism. It also gleams information during World War 2 and how that also effected Buddhism. This article also gives clearer dates in which some events happened.

Holland, Edward. (2014). Buddhism in Russia: challenges and choices in the post-Soviet period. Religion. 42. 10.1080/09637494.2014.980603.

This article is about one of the main groups of Buddhism and their history in Russia. This article is authoritative in which many of its sources are from Russia or are in Russian studies. This article helps with more information on Kalmykia and its people who practice Buddhism. The details help with more info to add onto during the time in which Buddhism was being effected by the Soviet Union. This article also gave information about Kalmykians and their ties to World War 2.

Bernstein, Anna. “Buddhist Revival in Buriatia: Recent Perspectives.” Mongolian Studies, vol. 25, 2002, pp. 1–11. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43193334. Accessed 25 Apr. 2020.

This article is about the revival of Buddhism in Russia with a bit of background information of Buddhism in Russia at the beginning. This article is authoritative in which it was published by the Mongolian society. This article helped with more information about the Soviet Unions choice and reason to ban religion. These details help to have a deeper understanding of why the Soviet Union did such things. It also helped with direct quotes that were stated by the Soviet Union.