ABSTRACT
In 1921–1922 Buryat-Mongol autonomous regions were formed east and west of Baikal. The autonomy in the Far Eastern Republic aimed at creating an ethnically homogeneous Buryat territorial unit, whereas the Soviet autonomy was designed as an economic territorial unit where the Buryats were a majority. After the FER was annexed by Soviet Russia, the two autonomies were united into the Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic despite the opposition of the Far Eastern elites. The transnational purpose of the BMASSR was to advertise the Soviet transcultural governance among the Mongols, Tibetans, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, and in other Asian regions.
