Buryatia
Sign in to saveBuryatia, 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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- Republic of Buryatia
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- Республика Бурятия
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- Буряад Улас
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- Buryat
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- Republic
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- Far Eastern
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- Far Eastern
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29 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Rivers
- Lakes
- Mountains
- Natural resources
- Climate
- History
- Imperial Russia
- Soviet Buryatia
- Post-Soviet Buryatia
- Politics
- Administrative divisions
- Demographics
- Settlements
- Vital statistics
- Demographics for 2007
- Ethnic groups
- Religion
- Education
- Economy
- Transportation
- Culture
- Tourism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
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.
==Geography== right|thumb|View of Lake Baikal in Buryatia thumb|View of the valley of the Uda near the village of Khorinsk right|thumb|Landscape of southern Buryatia