Buryatia (New Union)

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Republic of Buryatia
Бүгэдэ Найрамдаха Буряад Улас
Республика Бурятия
Timeline: New Union
OTL equivalent: The Agin-Buryat Okrug, Buryatia, the Olkhonsky District, and the Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug.

Republic of the Soviet Union Flag Coat of Arms Location of Buryatia
Capital	Ulan-Ude
Other Cities	Gusinoozyorsk, Severobaykalsk
Language   Official	Buryat and Russian
Others	Chinese, Mongolian, Tuvan
Religion   Main	Buddhism
Others	Eastern Orthodoxy, Tengrism
Demonym	Buryatian
Established	March 30, 1923
Admission	November 20, 1997
Time Zone	(UTC+7 to +8)
Summer	(UTC+8 to +9)
Abbreviations	BU, SU-BU

Buryatia (Buryat: Буряад Орон, Buryad Oron; Russian: Бурятия, Buryatiya), officially known as the Republic of Buryatia, is a republic of the Soviet Union located in North Asia. The republic is hydrographically dominated by Lake Baikal, which is the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. Buryatia is culturally and historically connected to neighboring Mongolia, and is one of the few republics to have a Buddhist-dominated population.