the ust-ordyn buryat autonomous district
1Ust-Ordyn Buryat — ▪ okrug, Russia also called Ust Orda Buryat , or Ust Ordynsky Buryat former autonomous okrug (district), east central Russia. In 2008 the district was absorbed by Irkutsk oblast (region). Ust Ordyn Buryat lies west of Lake Baikal and… …
2Ust-Ordynsky — ▪ Russia also spelled Ust Ordinsky , also called Ust Orda township and capital of the former Ust Ordyn Buryat autonomous okrug (district), now merged with Irkutsk oblast (region), eastern Siberia, Russia. It lies on the Kuda River and on …
3Irkutsk — /eerdd koohtsk /, n. a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, W of Lake Baikal. 550,000. * * * City (pop., 2001 est.: 587,200), east central Russia. Located on the Angara River, it was founded as a wintering camp in 1652. It soon became a… …