Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

The Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian: Бурятская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика; Buryat: Буряадай Автономито Совет Социалис Республика), abbreviated as Buryat ASSR (Russian: Бурятская АССР; Buryat: Буряадай АССР), was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union.

Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Бурятская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика  (Russian)
Буряадай Автономито Совет Социалис Республика  (Buryat)
Autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR
1923–1990
Flag
Coat of arms

Location of the Buryat ASSR within the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
CapitalUlan-Ude
Area 
• 1923
69,857 km2 (26,972 sq mi)
Population 
• 1923
118000
History 
• Established
30 March 1923
• Disestablished
1990
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Republic of Buryatia

In 1923, the republic was created with the name Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; its predecessor was the Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Oblast. In 1958, the name "Mongol" was removed from the name of the republic. The Buryat ASSR declared its sovereignty in 1990 and adopted the name Republic of Buryatia in 1992. However, it remained an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation.

In the 1930s, Buryat-Mongolia was one of the sites of Soviet studies aimed to disprove Nazi race theories. Amongst other things, Soviet physicians studied the "endurance and fatigue levels" of Russian, Buryat-Mongol, and Russian-Buryat-Mongol workers to prove that all three groups were equally able.[1]

Buryat-Mongol ASSR in 1925.

See also

References
  1. Hirsch, Francine (2002). "Race without the Practice of Racial Politics". Slavic Review. 61 (1): 30–43. doi:10.2307/2696979. JSTOR 2696979.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.