History of gradual acquaintance with Tibet. The first unsuccessful attempts of Europeans to penetrate Lhassa Landor, Gedin, Kozlov. China's temporary dominance. Chinese pogrom. Independent Tibet. The first three trips to Tibet are an abbreviated transmission of genuine descriptions of Landor, Sven Gedin and Kozlov. The chapters concerning the Chinese stay in Tibet are interesting; a new Tibet and the penetration of Soviet ideas into such a depth of Asia as Tibet has imagined so far. At the end, a brief history of Tibet and a few words about its future. The book gives information. There's a map. In the presentation, the processing and reduction of genuine material is felt all the time.