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Tod Uzeg
Application (App Store) for switching between Cyrillic, Todo Bichig, and Latin — useful for working with Mongol-Buryat scripts and their variants.
Mongolia
Buryats of Mongolia
Catalog entries carrying this region tag, gathered in one list. Each card shows its type, access mode and the date of the last check.
Sources & materials
29 entries
History sourcesLive
A Journey in Southern Siberia — HTML edition (Internet Sacred Text Archive)
A convenient page-by-page HTML edition of the same book by Curtin (1900/1909) with a table of contents for chapters on myths, rituals, and travel notes — practical navigation to supplement the archive.org scan.
History sourcesLive
British Library EAP927 — Rare historical sources of Mongolia
Digitised archival copies from Mongolia as part of the Endangered Archives Programme, including a 1712 document concerning a border post in the Kyakhta region — a source on border history and the early frontier.
History sourcesLive
Jeremiah Curtin — "A Journey in Southern Siberia: The Mongols, Their Religion and Their Myths" (1909)
Internet Archive scan (original Little, Brown, 1909): travelogue, photographs, map, and extensive Buryat narratives, including Geser material related to Manshuud Emegueev.
History sourcesLive
Oirats and Tribes of Bargudzhin-oron (Minpaku OA article)
An open-access article on the Oirats and the tribes of Bargudzhin-Tokum — one of the few available materials regarding the pre-Mongol and Mongol prehistory of Buryat ethnogenesis.
ResearchLive
Ippei Shimamura — "The Roots Seekers: Shamanism and Ethnicity among the Mongol Buryats" (Shumpusha Publishing, 2014)
Japanese anthropology of shamanism and ethnic revival among the Mongol Buryats — a bridge to Japanese Buryat studies.
ResearchLive
Ivan Sablin — "Governing Post-Imperial Siberia and Mongolia, 1911–1924" (Routledge, 2016)
A post-imperial, transborder analysis of the Burnatskom [Buryat Commission] and competing projects of autonomous construction, 1911–1924 — a strong framework that does not reduce history solely to the Bolsheviks.
ResearchLive
Manduhai Buyandelger — "Tragic Spirits: Shamanism, Memory, and Gender in Contemporary Mongolia" (University of Chicago Press, 2013)
An ethnography of the shamanic revival of the Buryats of Mongolia—an important correction to narratives focused solely on the Republic of Buryatia.
ResearchLive
Mongolian Studies (journal of The Mongolia Society)
A respected journal of Mongol studies, including materials on the Buryats of Mongolia; access via membership in The Mongolia Society, older issues are paid.
ResearchLive
Nowicka & Zhanaev — «Po obu stronach Ononu... Buriaci» (2020) [On both sides of the Onon... Buryats]
Contemporary Polish anthropology of the Buryats of Transbaikalia and Mongolia on both sides of the Onon River.
ResearchLive
SOAS Library — China & Inner Asia collections
A SOAS library guide to collections covering Mongolia, Tibet, and Southern Siberia—a strong resource for bibliography and curatorial consultation regarding the Buryat historical section.
ResearchLive
UCL Anthropology — Emerging Subjects (research group)
A UCL research group working on Mongolia and the historical reconstruction of shamanism in Inner Asia—a London partner for oral history, religion, and historical anthropology.
ResearchLive
University of Michigan Biblioguide — Mongology
A University of Michigan bibliographical guide to Mongology, including Buryat material—a reference resource for the aggregator's academic layer.
Mongolia & East AsiaPartial access
A. Oyun-tungalag, «Монгол улсын буриадууд» [Buryaty Mongolii; The Buryats of Mongolia]
Key Mongolian-language historiography of the Buryats of Mongolia; visible in citations and reviews, but clear official OA access to the full text is not confirmed — included as a bibliographic reference (catalogue-only).
Mongolia & East AsiaLive
Absence and Loss in Mongolia (UCL chapter)
An open chapter on Buryat memory in Mongolia, including socialist-era repression and the suppression of identity — a valuable source on the diaspora and the repressions of the 1930s.
Mongolia & East AsiaLive
Acta Mongolica
A fully open Mongolian scientific journal (CC BY 4.0) featuring publications on Buryat historiography and archival materials — the best live OA source for tracking the Mongolian side of Buryat research.
Mongolia & East AsiaLive
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)
A public digital archive of Japanese documents concerning the modern history of Japan and Asia (archives of the National Archives, MOFA, NIDS) — a source for Japanese projects in Mongolia/Manchuria, Pan-Mongol initiatives, and Buryat emigrants (variants: ブリヤート, ブリアート).
Mongolia & East AsiaLive
Japan's involvement in the promotion of Mongol nationalism between 1918-1939 (Ritsumeikan)
An article on Japan's attempts to utilise Mongolian nationalism through Buddhism between 1918–1939, directly addressing Buryat-Mongols — a significant find regarding the topic of «Buryats in Japanese plans of the 1930s».
Mongolia & East AsiaLive
Mongolia Journals Online (MongoliaJOL)
A platform of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (founded by INASP, 2011) containing 32 peer-reviewed Mongolian journals across various disciplines, including archaeology, linguistics, and international studies — a discovery layer for Mongolian historiography and anthropology.
Mongolia & East AsiaLive
Mongolian Digital Ethnography Archive
A digital ethnographic archive containing translated materials from the Oral History project and Buryat materials by Caroline Humphrey regarding the Bayangol region — a bridge between oral history and visual ethnography.
Mongolia & East AsiaLive
Mongols and Nationalism (Niigata)
An article including an analysis of anti-Buryat campaigns and accusations of «Japanese espionage» in Mongolia during the 1930s — useful for the topic of repressions and suspicions against Buryats on the Mongolian side.
Mongolia & East AsiaLive
National Diet Library Digital Collections
The digital collection of the National Diet Library of Japan: pre-war books, journals, maps, and reports concerning Mongolia, Manchuria, Siberia, and Buryats.
Mongolia & East AsiaLive
Oral History of Twentieth Century Mongolia (MIASU)
Over 600 interviews regarding 20th-century Mongolia (Cambridge MIASU project) — not exclusively Buryat, but vital context for Buryat migration and Mongolian memory of the borderlands.
Mongolia & East AsiaLive
Shimamura Ippei — profile on researchmap
Anthropologist and shamanologist Shimamura Ippei; dissertation on the ethnicity and shamanism of Mongol-Buryats.
Oral, visual & mapsLive
Mongolische Landkarten digital (SBB Berlin) [Digital Mongolian Maps (SBB Berlin)]
182 digitised maps of the Mongolian region from the Qing era (1890–1920) from the Hermann Consten collection — a visual archive without global analogues.
Oral, visual & mapsLive
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge — Buryat collections
The MAA Cambridge online catalogue includes objects and photographs of Barga and Transbaikal Buryats from the Lindgren collection (1931–1933) — a leading resource for the visual anthropology of Shenehen and cross-border Buryats, migration and traditional dress.
Oral, visual & mapsLive
The Language Archive — Buryat Oral Testimonies
A corpus of Buryat oral testimonies in The Language Archive (MPI) with sub-collections on Aga, Selenga, Western Buryats, China, and Mongolia — formats WAV and PDF; one of the best digital resources for oral history and dialect geography.
Oral, visual & mapsLive
Themenportal Mongolische Sammlung (SBB Berlin) [Thematic Portal: Mongolian Collection (SBB Berlin)]
A historical collection of Mongolian manuscripts from the Berlin State Library (Consten and Heissig collections).
Media, Buddhism & communityLive
asiarussia.ru
The ARD news portal for Buryatia/Mongolia/Inner Asia, featuring articles on the Shenehen Buryats and Buryats of Mongolia.