State of Buryat-Mongolia

Summary

The State of Buryat-Mongolia (Buryat: Буряад-Монгол улас ᠪᠤᠷᠢᠠᠳ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ)[a] was a buffer Buryat-Mongolian state,[1] during the Russian Civil War. The main government body was Burnatskom, the Buryat National Committee.[1]

State of Buryat-Mongolia
Буряад-Монгол улас (Buryat)
ᠪᠤᠷᠢᠠᠳ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (Buryat)
1917–1921
Buryat-Mongolia in green, Mongolia in darker green
Buryat-Mongolia in green, Mongolia in darker green
CapitalChita
52°03′N 113°28′E / 52.050°N 113.467°E / 52.050; 113.467
Common languagesBuryat-Mongolian, Mongolian, Russian
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism, Orthodox Christianity
GovernmentRepublic
LegislatureBurnatskom
History 
25 April [citation needed] 1917
1921
CurrencyRouble of Russian Empire
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian Republic
Far Eastern Republic
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The state de facto ceased to exist after the formation of the Far Eastern Republic, which divided Buryat-Mongolia in two: 4 aimags became part of the Far Eastern Republic, while the other 4 formed Buryat-Mongol autonomies of RSFSR.


Notes edit

  1. ^ Properly written from top to bottom: ᠪᠤᠷᠢᠠᠳ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ

References edit

  1. ^ a b Бабаков В. В., Бурнацком - Бурнардума: первый опыт национально-государственного строительства в Бурятии, Улан-Удэ, 1997 г.