The Buryats, a Mongolian people numbering at 516,476, comprise one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the other being the Yakuts. The majority of the Buryat population lives in their titular homeland, the Republic of Buryatia, a federal subject of Russia near Lake Baikal.

Are Buryats Mongols?

Buryat, also spelled Buriat, northernmost of the major Mongol peoples, living south and east of Lake Baikal. By the Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) their land was ceded by China to the Russian Empire.

What language do Buryats speak?

Buryat and Russian are recognised as the official languages of the Buryat Republic. There are certain publications that use Buryat, and it's also the language used for most day-to-day communication.