Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Бурятская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
Буряадай Автономито Совет Социалис Республика (Buryat)
ASSR of the Russian SFSR
1923–1990
Flag of Buryat ASSR (1978).svg
Flag (from 1978)
Russian SFSR - Buryat-Mongol (1930.07.20).png
Location of the Buryat ASSR within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1930)
Anthem
Песня о Родной Земле
Song of the Native Land (unofficial, 1983-1990)
CapitalUlan-Ude
Demonym Buryat
Area 
 1923
69,857 km2 (26,972 sq mi)
Population 
 1923
118,000
Government
   Motto Бухы Оронуудай Пролетаринар, Нэгэдэгты!
History 
 Established
30 May 1923
 Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Flag of Russia (1918-1920).svg RSFSR   
Republic of Buryatia Flag of Buryatia.svg

The Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, [a] abbreviated as Buryat ASSR, [b] was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union.

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History

In May 1923, the republic was created with the name Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; [1] its predecessor was the Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Oblast  [ ru ]. When the republic was formed, "Buryat-Mongolian" language was declared the official language. In 1958, the name "Mongol" was removed from the name of the republic, as a result of Mao Zedong's attempt to extend China’s influence over Mongol peoples. [2]

In May 1929, the Party Central Committee decreed that Buryat agriculture would undergo "socialist reorganization" - Buryat resistance to the collectivist policy was fierce, with Buryat herders slaughtering their livestock rather than allowing them to be confiscated. [3] Nevertheless, traditional livelihoods were forcibly altered under Soviet policy. Nomads were forcibly resettled on collectivist farms of cattle and sheep, trappers were made to rear sable in captivity, and Buryat hunters were forced to live in Party-approved "hunting stations".

In the 1930s, Buryat-Mongolia was one of the sites of Soviet studies aimed to disprove Nazi race theories. Amongst other things, Soviet physicians studied the "endurance and fatigue levels" of Russian, Buryat-Mongol, and Russian-Buryat-Mongol workers to prove that all three groups were equally able. [4]

During World War II, the head of the ASSR was Gunsyn Tsydenova. [5]

Dissolution

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.

Buryat-Mongol ASSR in 1925. Buryat-Mongol ASSR in 1925.jpg
Buryat-Mongol ASSR in 1925.

See also

References

  1. Outline History of the U.S.S.R. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1960.
  2. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Chronology for Buryat in Russia". Refworld. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. Olson & Pappas 1994, p. 125.
  4. Hirsch, Francine (2002). "Race without the Practice of Racial Politics". Slavic Review. 61 (1): 30–43. doi:10.2307/2696979. JSTOR   2696979. S2CID   147121638.
  5. Protasov, Evgeny (22 May 2020). "Бурятия в годы войны" [Buryatia during the war]. Buryad Unen (in Russian). Retrieved 22 January 2023.

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Notes

  1. Russian: Бурятская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика; Buryat: Буряадай Автономито Совет Социалис Республика, romanized: Buriadai Autonomito Soviet Sotsialis Riespublika
  2. Russian: Бурятская АССР; Buryat: Буряадай АССР