A report on Mongols, Buryats and Inner Mongolia
The Mongols (Монголчууд,, Moŋğolçuud, ; ; Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation.
- MongolsThe Buryats (Буриад) are a Mongolian people numbering at 516,476, comprising one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the other being the Yakuts.
- BuryatsThe Oirats in Western Mongolia as well as the Buryats and Kalmyks of Russia are classified either as distinct ethno-linguistic groups or subgroups of Mongols.
- MongolsBuryats also live in Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug (Irkutsk Oblast) to the west of Buryatia and Agin-Buryat Okrug (Zabaykalsky Krai) to the east of Buryatia as well as in northeastern Mongolia and in Inner Mongolia, China.
- BuryatsAfter Genghis Khan unified the Mongol tribes in 1206 and founded the Mongol Empire, the Tangut Western Xia empire was ultimately conquered in 1227, and the Jurchen Jin dynasty fell in 1234.
- Inner MongoliaThey include many diverse Mongolian-speaking groups; groups such as the Buryats and the Oirats are also officially considered to be Mongols in China.
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Mongolia
2 linksLandlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
Landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
After the collapse of the Yuan, the Mongols retreated to Mongolia and resumed their earlier pattern of factional conflict, except during the era of Dayan Khan and Tumen Zasagt Khan.
By 1636 most Inner Mongolian tribes had submitted to the Manchus, who founded the Qing dynasty.
In 1930, the Soviet Union stopped Buryat migration to the Mongolian People's Republic to prevent Mongolian reunification.
Khalkha Mongols
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The Khalkha (Халх, ) is the largest subgroup of Mongol people in modern Mongolia since the 15th century.
Dayan Khan created Khalkha Tumen out of Mongols residing in the territory of present-day central Mongolia and northern part of Inner Mongolia.
The Halh Mongols in Qinghai, China and the ones among the Buriats in Russia were subjects to Khalkha's Tsogtu Khan and his sons.
Northern Yuan
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The Northern Yuan was a dynastic regime ruled by the Mongol Borjigin clan based in the Mongolian Plateau.
1333–1370), the last ruler of the Yuan, fled north to Shangdu (located in present-day Inner Mongolia) from Dadu upon the approach of Ming forces.
Choros, Olots, Durvud, Khoid, Baatud, Torghut, Khoshut, Ur (Ör) Mongol, Barga Mongols and Buryats. The Barga and Buryats later became subject of Khalkha.
Khongirad
1 linksOne of the major divisions of the Mongol tribes.
One of the major divisions of the Mongol tribes.
Their homeland was located in the vicinity of Lake Hulun in Inner Mongolia and Khalkha River in Mongolia, where they maintained close ties with the ruling dynasties of northern China.
Shamanic practices continue in present-day Mongol culture.
The Qongyrat tribe of Kazakhs are notable for the extremely high frequency among them (64/95 = 67.37% ) of Y-DNA that belongs to haplogroup C-M407 (younger than 7000 years ), a clade that otherwise has been observed with greatest frequency among Buryats (117/217 = 53.9%, 40/80 = 50.0%, 86/298 = 28.9% (mostly northern and western) ) and other indigenous peoples of Buryatia (15/28 = 53.6% Sojots, 27/51 = 52.9% Hamnigans ).