{{Short description|2011 book by Andrei Znamenski}} {{Infobox book|<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Red Shambhala: Magic, Prophecy, and Geopolitics in the Heart of Asia | image = Red Shambhala- Magic, Prophesy, and Geopolitics in the Heart of Asia.png | caption = | alt = | author = Andrei Znamenski | country = United States | language = English | genre = | publisher = Quest Books | release_date = 2011 | isbn = 0835608913 | oclc = | media_type = Print (paperback) | pages = 304 }} '''''Red Shambhala: Magic, Prophecy, 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 Marxism–Leninism.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/slavic-review/article/red-shambhala-magic-prophecy-and-geopolitics-in-the-heart-of-asia-by-znamenski-andrei-wheaton-111-quest-books-2011-xxv-268-pp-notes-index-illustrations-photographs-map-1795-paper/77DB54D2FD6CDD437CAD6BEF22AD3D46 |publisher=Cambridge Core - Slavic Review |title=Red Shambhala: Magic, Prophecy, and Geopolitics in the Heart of Asia. By Znamenski Andrei |date=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.popmatters.com/column/145123-red-in-process/|publisher=Pop Matters|title=Red Shambhala' - Telepathy, Mental Powers, Electronic Surveillance & Mysticism in the U.S.S.R.|date=21 December 2016}}</ref>
==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
==See also== * Shambhala-Agartha * Kalachakra Tantra * Buddhism in Russia *Shamanism in Siberia * Pan-Mongolism * Parapsychology * The Great Game
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130309203452/http://peopleofshambhala.com/buddhists-occultists-and-secret-societies-in-early-bolshevik-russia-an-interview-with-andrei-znamenski/ Buddhists, Occultists and Secret Societies in Early Bolshevik Russia: an interview with Andrei Znamenski] *[https://emscat.revues.org/2444?lang=en#tocto1n3 Bolshevik "Liberation Theology": Oirot/Amursana Prophecy Meets Communism] *[https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/04/16/the-bolsheviks-occult-war/ The Bolsheviks Occult War] at Espionage History Archive
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Category:2011 non-fiction books Category:Books about the Soviet Union Category:Books about Mongolia Category:Books about Tibet Category:History books about Buddhism Category:Books about geopolitics
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