Buryatia

Also known as Buryatiya, Republic of Buryatiya, Republic of Buryatia

Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia, is a republic of Russia located in the Russian Far East. Formerly part of the Siberian Federal District, it has been administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District since 2018. To its north lie Irkutsk Oblast and Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world; Zabaykalsky Krai to the east; Tuva to the west and Mongolia to the south. Its capital is the city of Ulan-Ude. It has an area of with a population of 978,588 (2021 Census). It is home to the indigenous Buryats.

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Buryatia is a republic in Russia's Far East, located near Lake Baikal and bordered by Mongolia, with its capital in Ulan-Ude and a population of nearly one million people. It is significant as the homeland of the indigenous Buryat people and has been administratively reorganized as part of Russia's Far Eastern Federal District since 2018.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Buryatia is referenced by 1,963 other articles, and connects out to Russia, Rodnovery and Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st_region, across 3 mapped points.

It sits within the topics 1923 establishments in the Soviet Union, Buryatia and Buryat people.

Its subject is documented across 122 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Russian federal subject.en_name: Republic of Buryatia
Russian federal subject.ru_name: Республика Бурятия
Russian federal subject.loc_name1: Буряад Улас
Russian federal subject.loc_lang1: Buryat
Russian federal subject.loc_name2: Buryaad Ulas
Russian federal subject.loc_lang2: Romanization
Russian federal subject.political_status: Republic
Russian federal subject.political_status_link: Republics of Russia
Russian federal subject.federal_district: Far Eastern
Russian federal subject.economic_region: Far Eastern
Russian federal subject.image_flag: Flag of Buryatia.svg
Russian federal subject.image_map: Map of Russia (2014–2022) - Buryatia (Crimea disputed).svg
Russian federal subject.subdivision_name: Russia
Russian federal subject.governing_body: People's Khural
Russian federal subject.leader_title: Head
Russian federal subject.leader_name: Alexey Tsydenov
Russian federal subject.leader_title1: Member of the State Duma
Russian federal subject.leader_name1: Vyacheslav Damdintsurunov