普京鼓舞佛教徒 雪山狮子旗飘扬贝加尔湖

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VOA Chinese, Aug 9, 2012.
www.voachinese.com/content/russi ... 120809/1483063.html

Note:
(a) The report says, "俄罗斯拥有三个信奉藏传佛教的共和国，它们是布里亚特，卡尔梅克和图瓦。"
(i) 俄罗斯布里亚特共和国  Buryatia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buryatia
(Republic of Buryatia; for Buryat people)
(ii) 卡尔梅克  Kalmykia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmykia
(for Kalmyk people)
(iii) Tuva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuva
(Tuva Republic; Tuvans)

Buryat people, Kalmyak people and Tuvans are indigenous people.
(b) 雪山狮子旗  Flag of Tibet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Tibet
(also known as the 'snow lion flag'; Designed with the help of a Japanese priest, it reflects the design motif of Japanese military's Rising Sun Flag--in the 1920s;

* Rising Sun Flag
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun_Flag
(旭日旗 Kyokujitsu-ki; caption of flag 2: War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (1870–1945))