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Buryats — Infobox Ethnic group group=Buryat poptime=500,000Fact|date=September 2008 popplace=Russia, Mongolia rels=Tibetan Buddhism ( Lamaism ), Shamanism langs=Buryat, Russian related=Other Mongolic peoplesThe Buryats or Buriyads, numbering approximately… … Wikipedia
Buryat — 1. adjective From, of, or pertaining to, Buryatia Syn: Buryatian 2. noun a) Someone from Buryatia. b) A Mongolic language spoke … Wiktionary
Buriat — 1. adjective From, of, or pertaining to, Buryatia Syn: Buryatian 2. noun a) Someone from Buryatia. b) A Mongolic language spoke … Wiktionary
Kurultai — ( kk. Құрылтай, Qurıltay; tt. Qorıltay; az. Qurultay; tr. Kurultay) is a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans. The root of the word Kural, or Khural means meeting in the Mongolian language as in State Great … Wikipedia
Solovetsky Monastery — ( ru. Соловецкий монастырь) was the greatest citadel of Christianity in the Russian North before being turned into a special Soviet prison and labor camp (1926–1939), which served as a prototype for the GULAG system. Situated on the Solovetsky… … Wikipedia
Mongolian wrestling — Үндэсний бөх ᠪᠦᠺᠡ Traditional Naadam festival in Mongolia, near Ulaanbaatar … Wikipedia
Leonid Potapov — Leonid Vasil ievitch Potapov (Леонид Васильевич Потапов) (born July 4 1935 in Buryatia) was the President of the Buryat Republic in Russia from August 1991 to July 2007. He was reelected three times (in 1994, 1998 and 2002); in 2002 he received… … Wikipedia
Kyakhta — or Kiakhta ( ru. Кяхта) is a town in the Buryat Republic, Russia. It is located on the Kyakhta River near the Russian Mongolian border. Besides the lower town or Kyakhta proper, the town also includes Troitskosavsk, about three kilometres to the… … Wikipedia
Cavalry tactics — For much of history humans have used some form of cavalry for war. Cavalry tactics have evolved over time. Tactically, the main advantages of cavalry over infantry troops were greater mobility, bigger impact and a higher… … Wikipedia
Buryatia — noun A republic of Russia to the south east of the country, with capital Ulan Ude. See Also: Buryat, Buryatian … Wiktionary
