| He sailed up Lena until it became too rocky and shallow, and then journeyed westward through the steppes inhabited by nomadic Buryats. |
| In Buryat mythology, the forefathers of the Buryats descended from heaven and were nourished by a boar. |
| It is the primary religion of ethnic Buryats, Kalmyks, and Tuvans. |
| The Buryats are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia. |
| Oka Buryats revolted in 1767 and Russia completely conquered the Buryat region in the late 18th century. |
| Sometimes a wizard expects no fee unless he is successful, as among the Tungus, Yakut and Buryats. |
