Улаанбаатар: Бэмби-сан ХХК, 2012. 118 с.* In recent decades, Mongolia has been intensively studying the history of the country in the first half of the 20th century. As a result, many "white spots" disappear, including in the field of biographies of Mongolian historical figures. One of these studies formed the basis of a peer-reviewed book. Its author is O. Odbayar, a young graduate and master's student of the Mongolian State University, who studied in detail the materials on a major religious and political figure of Mongolia at the beginning of the XX century - Yeguzer-khutukhta (in Russian works it is also transcribed from Old Mongolian as Yugotsur-khutukhta, Egotsuri-khutukhta, etc.). Khutukhta - since the Qing Empire, the title of the highest lamas in the in Tibetan Buddhism, reincarnating after death for the benefit of beings. One of these lamas, Yeguzer, was reborn as J. Galsandash (or Galsandashi) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He enjoyed great prestige, especially in the east and south of Outer Mongolia and in the adjacent parts of Inner Mongolia, and played an important role in the integration of Mongolian lands during the period of independence. The book under consideration consists of a preface by the author, a preface by the editor (J. Urangua), three chapters divided into sections, conclusions, personal and geographical indexes, chronicles of the life of Eguzer-hutukhta. The book also contains laudatory poems written in his honor by the poet Sh. Galsanbaatar. The book contains two photographs of Yeguzer-khutukhty, his iconographic image, a photograph of his monastery, and a map of Somon (the lowest administrative-territorial unit of Mongolia). with an indication of places associated with the hutukhta. The book contains the results of the author's own research, archival data, and a summary of previously published information. Chapter 1. "Outstanding Mongolian statesman and religious figure Khutukhta". Section 1.1. "A brief history of the deve ... Читать далее