Darima Amogolonova – Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Ulan-Ude, Russia). amog@inbox.ru

Marina Sodnompilova – Principal Research Fellow, Department of History, Eth-nology and Sociology, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Si-berian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Ulan-Ude, Russia). sodnompilova@yandex.ru