Buryatia (New Union)

Buryatia (: Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas; : Буряатия, Buryatiya), officially the Republic of Buryatia, is a of the. Modern day Buryatia was established in 1923 as the, which encompassed about the same territory that modern day Buryatia comprises of. The ASSR shrunk in 1937 to no longer include and  (two exclaves), and dropped the name "Mongol" from its name in 1958. Buryatia remained an autonomous republic until 1997, when Buryatia was upgraded to a full republic as part of the, as well as regain the two exclaves.