Published by: World Tibet Network News, Monday, June 16, 1997

By Dr. Nikolai S Kuleshov

The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala has published Russia's Tibet File: the unknown pages in the history of Tibet 's independence by Russian historian and author Dr. Nikolai S Kuleshov, who offers a scholarly and insightful glimpse behind the scenes of the political life of Central Asia in the early 20th century. Dr. Kuleshov presents with new evidence on the involvement of the Russian, British Indian and Chinese governments in the affairs of Tibet.

The relationships between the pivotal figures of the period and place- His Holiness the 13th Dalai Lama, Agvan Dorjiev, Lord Nathaniel Curzon and Sir Francis Younghusband- are explored and given new significance. Basing his work on an analysis of Russian, Indian and British archival material in addition to Chinese reference sources, Dr. Kuleshov has produced a thought-provoking and challenging new interpretation of the events often described previously' in works on Tibetan political history.