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unusual facts about Republic of Buryatia



Akokan Gulag

Akokan Gulag was located in the Severo-Baykalsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia.

Amarkhuu Borkhuu

When he was a child his parents moved from Mongolia to Ulan-Ude, Buryatia in Russia.

Buryat

Republic of Buryatia, also known as the "Buryat Republic", a federal subject of Russia

Chikoy

Chikoy (rural locality), a former urban-type settlement in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia; since 2004—a rural locality (a selo)

People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia

The People's Khural of Buryatia is the unicameral legislature of that republic.

Turka

Turka, Russia, a former urban-type settlement in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia; since 2006—a rural locality (a selo)


see also

Barguzin

Ust-Barguzin, an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia

Buddhism in Buryatia

# Kurumkan Datsan: Republic of Buryatia, Kurumkansky (Huramhaanai in Buryat) District, village of Kurumkan

Chikoy

Chikoy River, a river in Zabaykalsky Krai and the Republic of Buryatia in Russia

Dzhida

Dzhida River, a river in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, on which the town of Zakamensk stands

Great Baikal Trail

At the same time, two organizations – the Federation of Sports Tourism and Mountaineering of the Republic of Buryatia and Earth Island Institute's Baikal Watch in San Francisco, USA – were awarded a joint grant from the Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation for the an exchange program to share experience in trail construction.