Template:Wp-Buryatia-History

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Mongolic-related Slab Grave cultural monuments are found in Baikal territory. The territory of Buryatia has been governed by the Xiongnu Empire (209 BC-93 CE) and Mongolian Xianbei state (93-234), Rouran Khaganate (330-555), Mongol Empire (1206-1368) and Northern Yuan (1368-1691).

Medieval Mongol tribes like Merkit, Bayads, Barga Mongols and Tümeds inhabited in Buryatia.^[1] Today Buryat-Mongols populate the territory of Buryatia.

From 1727 it was the border crossing for the Kyakhta trade between Russia and China.Kyakhta's founder, the Serb Sava Vladislavich, established it as a trading point between Russia and the Qing Empire.

In 1923, the Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Buryat: Буряадай Автономито Совет Социалис Республика; ) was created as a result of the merger of State of Buryat-Mongolia and Mongol-Buryat Oblasts. In 1937, Aga Buryatia and Ust-Orda Buryatia were detached from the Buryat-Mongolian ASSR and merged with Chita and Irkutsk Oblasts, respectively. 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. On 11 July 1995 Buryatia signed a power-sharing agreement with the federal government, granting it autonomy. This agreement was abolished on 15 February 2002.

Buryat soldiers participate in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and die there (estimated 171 dead ). Only Dagestan has more fallen soldiers. A conflict between Buryat and Chechen forces occurred while they were occupying Ukrainian territory during the Russian invasion.

Racial discrimination against Buryats exists in the Russian Armed Forces.