The Buryat People

Background Information: Approximately 500,000 Mongolian Buryats make up the largest indigenious group in Siberia. The Buryats are the majo...

The Buryat people have a unique way of life that has become quite rare in today’s modern age. The Buryats are nomadic Mongols that make t...

The Buryats are a patrilineal society, as Lawrence Krader (1954:322) discusses in his article "Buryat Religion and Society." Socie...

           The Buryat language is a branch of the Mongolic language, and is considered by many to be a dialect of Mongolian. With the Burya...

The Buryat people reside across Russia and their population has fluctuated over the years. At about roughly 500,000 accounted Buryat's...

People have lived in Siberia for at least 300,000 years, a time span that precedes the development of modern humans. One people that has cal...

Most buryat families were patriarchal, patrilineal and patrilocal. Wives were brought for each of the sons, while daughters were...