Buryats

ethnic group
Intangible ethnic_group Q207050
Buryats
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Summary

Buryats is an ethnic group[1]. Buryats ranks in the top 6% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,687 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Native language: Buryat[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Mahāyāna[4], shamanism[5], Buddhism[6]
  • Country: Russia[7], People's Republic of China[8], Mongolia[9]
  • Subclass of: Mongolic peoples[10]
  • Commons category: Buryat people[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Buryat people[12]
  • Population: 460,053[13], 45,087[14], 43,661[15]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Encyclopedic Lexicon[19], Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Buryat[23]
  • Has part(s) of the class: Бурятские этносы, племена и роды[24]
  • P14541: 3wj2o8[25]

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Influence

Things named for Buryats include Bratsk[26], a human settlement[27], in Russia[28], founded in 1955[29].

Why It Matters

Buryats has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Buryats is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Buryats include Bratsk[26], a human settlement[27], in Russia[28], founded in 1955[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 2021 Russian census. rosstat.gov.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 1212.mn. 1212.mn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 1212.mn. 1212.mn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'bs', 'bxr', 'ca', 'ce', 'cs', 'cv', 'da',
    Gnd id → 4088697-9
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM252546
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM252546, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3wj2o8
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → buriats
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: buriats, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920674|buriats (#289920674)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0408911-Burjati
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0408911-Burjati, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 26215, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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