Russia's Tibet file: the unknown pages in the history of Tibet's independence offers the reader a challenging new interpretation of Tibetan political history in the early years of the 20th century. Using evidence gleaned largely from Russian, Indian and British archival sources, author Dr. Nikolai S. Kuleshov puts forward a persuasive thesis and sheds new light on the relations between these political powers and Tibet. Basing his study around the central figures of the tune-His Holiness the 13th Dalai Lama, the Buryat lama Agvan Dorjiev, Lord Curzon as Viceroy of India and Sir Francis Younghusband-the author documents the events and changing circumstances of Tibet's political fortunes, and offers the reader a fascinating and innovative look behind the scenes of governmental policy and ambition.

Russia's Tibet File: The Unknown Pages in the History of Tibet's Independence, Nikolai S. Kuleshov, LTWA, Paperback, 1996, 144 pp, $11.00

Publisher's Note

Author's Preface

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter One:
Dorjiev's first missions to Russia in 1898-9 and 1901

Chapter Two:
Curzon's reaction

Chapter Three:
The Younghusband expedition to Tibet 1903-1904

Chapter Four:
The Lhasa Convention

Chapter Five:
The Dalai Lama's escape to Mongolia

Chapter Six:
Curzon's fantasies are put to an end

Chapter Seven:
Forward to a cordial consent

Chapter Eight:
The dragon by the gates of India

Chapter Nine:
The heavenly Tsar and the worldly Tsar

Chapter Ten:
On a visit to the viceroy

Chapter Eleven:
"If only it is done sub rosa"

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography