Mongolian peoples

The book in a concise and accessible form highlights the main issues of the origin, ethnic composition, settlement, the number of Mongolian peoples, and examines the features of their modern ethnocultural state. Much attention is given in the work to issues related to the joining of the territory of Buryatia to Russia; prerequisites, main factors and driving forces of this process are considered; the features of those significant changes that took place in the traditional way of life, settlement and the number of Buryats, as a result of close and long interaction with the Russian-speaking ethnos, are highlighted. The book provides a detailed description of the natural and geographical conditions of the territory, which is the ancestral habitat of the Mongolian peoples. The book is intended for students of humanitarian profile and for wide range of readers interested in history of their native land.