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The Buryats or the Buryat-Mongols (Buryat: Буряад Buryaad; Буряад-монгол; Mongolian: Буриад) numbering approximately 500000 are the largest indigenous (aboriginal) group in Siberia mainly concentrated in their homeland the Buryat Republic a federal subject of Russia. They are the major northern subgroup of the Mongols.Buryats share many customs with other Mongols including nomadic herding and erecting gers for shelter.

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language
Russian language, Buryat language
population place
Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, CHN, United States
related
Aleut, Mongols, Quileute, Alaska Natives, Siberian Yupik people, Tuvans, Khakas people, Altay people, Barga Mongols
religion
Shamanism, Tibetan Buddhism
total population
500000

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