Doctor of history, professor; Head of the Center of Eastern Manuscripts and Wood-Carvers, Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Ulan-Ude, Russia).
Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Bibliosphere”.
Education and Degrees:
Doctor of Sciences, History
Candidate of Sciences: Buryat Institute of Social Sciences (1971 -1973)
Diploma: Buryat State Pedagogical Institute (1962 – 1966)
Research Interests
- History of Buddhism
- Mongolian sources
- History of Buddhism in Russia and Mongolia
- Source study
- Buddhology
- Cultural anthropology
- Cataloging and electronic data bases for Mongolian written sources
e-mail: vanchikova_ts@mail.ru
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1381-6186
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