Gennadiy talks about Buddhism in three parts. Part One: This part includes the following topics: the origin of Buddhism in India; first contact of the Mongols with Buddhism via the Uighurs; Buddhism in the Mongol Empire; the spread of Buddhism among the Oirats; the origin of Gelug school; and the lamas Tsongkapa and Zaya-Pandita. Part Two: This part includes the following topics: Zaya-Pandita’s role in spreading Buddhism among the Oirats; the creation of the Todo Bichig (Clear Script) and its contribution to the spread of Buddhism; Galdan-Boshoktu Khan (reincarnation of the lama Gyalva Ensapa); Buddhism among the Volga Kalmyks; their religious isolationism; and the Buddhist ‘revival’ movement at the beginning of the 20th century. Part Three: In this part Gennadiy talks about Buddhism in 20th century Kalmykia, including: the revolutionary period; the Civil War period; and Buddhist revival in the 1990s. He talks about the suppression of Buddhism by the Soviet state, and mentions the names of religious practitioner that operated in Soviet Kalmykia, including Gava Saperov, Chempel Basliyev, Togmud Gavji, Sanji Ulanov, and Khartsha Ubushaev. At the end Gennadiy talks about Shalvan-Gegyan, hierarch of Oirat Buddhists in Xinjiang.