Abstract
The article is devoted to the relationship between the Kalmyk Buddhist clergy and the administrative institutions of the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century. Russian government policy on religious matters among the Kalmyks was dual and inferiority. On the one hand, it was assumed that Buddhism of the Kalmyks would be subordinated to local authorities and fulfill the ideological orders of the Russian authorities, and on the other hand, work was carried out to spread Orthodoxy among the Kalmyks, as the main state religion. Interventionof state in spiritual matters and lack of competence of officials led to resistance of the clergy. Keywords: buddhism, the history of Kalmykia, officials, religious policy.
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