Libraries & texts

Digital libraries and digitised editions — monographs, epic texts and older books available online.

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«Buryatika» Electronic Library

A live digital collection from the National Library of the Republic of Buryatia, with sections such as “Book Heritage”, “Buryatia in the Periodical Press” and “Buryatia 100 Years Ago” — a valuable source of digitised pre-revolutionary and early Soviet publications.

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«Istoriya Buryat-Mongolskoy ASSR» [History of the Buryat-Mongolian ASSR] (Burmongiz, vol. 1 1951/1954, vol. 2 until 1959)

The canonical Soviet compendium of the history of the Buryat-Mongolian ASSR edited by A.P. Okladnikov — a fundamental historical source of the era; actual access is via the reading rooms of the NEB [National Electronic Library].

MonographReading room

Libraries & textsLive

Catalogue of pre-revolutionary Buryat books of the RNB (project by A. Dorzhieva)

Project by Altana Dorzhieva (2025): 45 pre-revolutionary publications in vertical Mongolian script with full digitisation and historical context; available from Buryatia as of October 2025.

Finding aidOpen access

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Diószegi Vilmos — «Sámánok nyomában Szibéria földjén» [In the footsteps of Shamans in the land of Siberia] (MEK, 1998)

Field notes from Hungarian expeditions in 1957–58 regarding Buryat shamans.

MonographOpen access

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EBID (docs.historyrussia.org)

Electronic Library of Historical Documents of the Russian Historical Society — a general archival resource useful for searching documents concerning Buryatia and Transbaikalia.

ArchiveOpen access

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Electronic Library of the NLR (nlr.ru/elibrary)

Electronic library of the Russian National Library, containing over 650,000 digitised copies — a general resource for searching publications about Buryatia and Buryats within the NLR collections.

LibraryOpen access

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Electronic Library of the Russian Geographical Society

An open DSpace library of the RGO with direct PDF downloads without registration; includes 19th-century expedition materials on Transbaikalia and books on Buryatia.

LibraryOpen access

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F.A. Kudryavtsev, «Istoriya buryat-mongol'skogo naroda: ocherki» [History of the Buryat-Mongol People: Essays] (GPIB)

A classic Soviet essay on the history of the Buryat-Mongol people (M.-L., 1940), digitised by GPIB; open viewing is available after registration at elib.shpl.ru.

MonographRegistration

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Gallica

Digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), containing over 10 million digitised documents — French-language travel reports, maps, and ethnographic publications using the spellings Bouriates/Buriats; free access and downloading available for public domain materials.

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Irenszej — Buryat heroic epic in Hungarian translation (MEK/OSZK)

The complete digitised text of a Buryat epic in Hungarian, held by the Hungarian Electronic Library (MEK).

ArticleOpen access

Libraries & textsPartial access

MDZ München — search for «burjatisch» (digitale-sammlungen.de)

Search service for the Munich digital library for the word 'burjatisch'; the service functions, but JS rendering of results does not confirm the claimed number of matches (~35) upon automated verification.

LibraryOpen access

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National Electronic Library (NEB)

Russia's federal electronic library; the National Library of Buryatia is a network participant. Accessible from abroad: public domain materials can be read freely, while copyright-protected materials are only available via the electronic reading rooms of partner libraries within the RF.

LibraryReading room

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National Library of the Republic of Buryatia / «Buryatika» Electronic Library

The region's main library, with a collection of ~1.5 million documents (~22,000 rare/valuable items, 16th–18th century editions) and an active digitisation sector — a primary entry point for searching Buryat books and periodicals.

LibraryOpen access

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New York Public Library — Buryat-language materials

A blog guide to NYPL collections containing Buryat-language pamphlets and books from the 1920s — a rare Western node for the topic of early Soviet language policy and printing.

LibraryBy appointment

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nomoihan.com (Buryad Mongol Nom kheblel)

Publishing project Buryad Mongol Nom kheblel featuring digital Buryat literature and an interface in Buryat — a source of modern and reprinted texts in the language.

LibraryOpen access

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Presidential Library (prlib.ru)

The Presidential Library of the RF contains materials regarding the education of the Buryat-Mongolian ASSR (1923) — useful for the early Soviet period history section.

LibraryOpen access

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Republican Children's and Youth Library (baikalib.ru)

Buryatia's children's and youth library featuring thematic collections, podcasts, and the «NOM-project» — suitable as a source for the aggregator's family and educational audiences.

LibraryOpen access