Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug

Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug Агинский Бурятский автономный округ (Russian) Агын Буряадай автономито тойрог (Buryat)
Autonomous okrug of Russia
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem
Golden Land, Hurrah!
Capital	Aginskoye
Area
• 2010	19,592 km2 (7,565 sq mi)
Population
• 2010	77,167
ISO	RU-AGB
Government
• Type	Federated state
Governor
• 1997 – 2008	Bair Zhamsuyev
Legislature	Duma
History
• Established	26 September 1937
• Autonomous okrug status	7 October 1977
• Disestablished	1 March 2008
Contained within
• Federal district	Siberian
• Economic region	East Siberian
Succeeded by Agin-Buryat Okrug Zabaykalsky Krai

Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug ^[a] was a federal subject of the Russian Federation. On 1 March 2008, the region merged with Chita Oblast (which it was surrounded by) to form the new Zabaykalsky Krai. The territory of the former ABAO is now the Agin-Buryat Okrug of Zabaykalsky Krai, in which it has a special status.

History

Soviet Union

The district was first created in its modern form on 26 September 1937 as the Agin Buryat-Mongol National Okrug within Chita Oblast. Following the change of the ethnonym "Buryat-Mongol" to "Buryat" on 16 September 1958, the region was renamed to Agin-Buryat National Okrug, and became the Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug" on 7 October 1977.

Russian Federation

From 31 March 1992, the district was both an independent federal subject of Russia and a part of Chita Oblast until it was abolished on 1 March 2008. ^{[1] [2]}

Merging with Chita Oblast

Work on merging the region with Chita Oblast began in April 2006. The authorities of both regions sent a letter to president Vladimir Putin who supported this initiative to merge the two regions. The merger referendum was held on 11 March 2007.

In Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug, 94% (38,814 people) supported the merger, 5.16% (2,129 people) were against. 82.95% of the population of the autonomous okrug took part in the referendum. ^[3]

In Chita Oblast, 90.29% (535,045 people) supported the merger, 8.89% (52,698 people) were against. 72.82% of the population of the oblast took part in the referendum. ^[4]

As a result of the majority of voters in both regions supporting the unification of the two regions, Zabaykalsky Krai was formed on 1 March 2008.

Administrative divisions

Map of the Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug

The autonomous okrug had three districts:

• Aginsky District
• Duldurginsky District
• Mogoytuysky District

Governors

No.	Portrait	Head	Tenure	Time in office	Party		Election
1		Gurodarma Tsedashiyev (1948–2015)	26 December 1991 – 13 January 1996 (resigned)	4 years, 18 days		Independent	Appointed
2		Bolot Ayushiyev (born 1949)	13 January 1996 – 6 February 1997 (resigned)	1 year, 24 days			Appointed 1996
3		Bair Zhamsuyev (born 1959)	5 March 1997 – 1 March 2008 (unification)	10 years, 362 days		Independent → United Russia	1997 2000 2005

Notes

1. Russian: Агинский Бурятский автономный округ, АБАО, romanized: Aginsky Buryatsky avtonomny okrug, ABAO; Buryat: Агын Буряадай автономито тойрог, romanized: Agyn Buriaadai avtonomito toirog.

References

1. "Сведения о проводящихся выборах и референдумах". www.chita.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
2. "Сведения о проводящихся выборах и референдумах". www.agin-buryat.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
3. "Referendum results, Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug". www.agin-buryat.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
4. "Referendum results, Chita Oblast". www.chita.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2018-12-14.

External links

• Official site Archived 2021-12-08 at the Wayback Machine