Kalmykia:
Europe’s Only Buddhist Region

By Hendrik Welling

16 min

A short travel documentary about the autonomous region of the Russian Federation which, between the Caucasus and the Caspian, is home to Europe’s native Buddhists.

About: Buddhism Comes West

Published in 2019 by DW Euromaxx.

Bibtex Data

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    category={av},
    title={{K}almykia: {E}urope's {O}nly {B}uddhist {R}egion},
    author={Hendrik Welling},
    publisher={DW Euromaxx},
    year=2019,
    month=jul,
    minutes=16,
    keywords={continental,europe,inner-asia,west,kalmykia},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://youtu.be/Ys4DqKOjxpE}
}

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