Buryat responses to Russian expansion: conversion, uprisings, and sedentarization (17th–19th centuries)

1. Russians begin collecting yasak from Buryats

   Jan 1, 1625Labels: Yasak, Buryats, Cossacks

   • Britannica
   • Buryatia

2. Beketov enters Transbaikalia to levy tribute

   Jan 1, 1627Labels: Pyotr Beketov, Transbaikalia, Cossacks

   • Beketov
   • Buryatia

3. Udinskoye fort founded, anchoring Russian rule

   Jan 1, 1666Labels: Udinskoye, Verkhneudinsk, Fort

   • Buryatia
   • Odigitrievsky

4. Buryats fully drawn into the yasak system

   Jan 1, 1680Labels: Yasak system, Buryats

   • Buryatia

5. Treaty of Nerchinsk secures Transbaikalia for Russia

   Aug 27, 1689Labels: Treaty of, Qing dynasty, Transbaikalia

   • Britannica
   • Nerchinsk

6. Orthodox mission in Irkutsk targets Buryat conversion

   Jan 1, 1727Labels: Innocent Kulchytsky, Irkutsk Diocese, Orthodox mission

   • Innocent
   • Orthodox China

7. Treaty of Kyakhta fixes border and expands trade

   Aug 23, 1727Labels: Treaty of, Kyakhta trade

   • Kyakhta Treaty
   • Kyakhta Trade

8. Buddhism gains official recognition in the empire

   Jan 1, 1741Labels: Buddhism, Russian Empire

   • Buryatia

9. First Pandito Khambo Lama elected

   Jan 1, 1764Labels: Pandito Khambo, Buddhist leadership

   • Buryatia

10. Speransky’s 1822 reforms institutionalize “steppe dumas”

    Jan 1, 1822Labels: Mikhail Speransky, Steppe dumas

    • DOAJ 1822
    • Inorodtsy
    • Buryatia

11. Transbaikal Oblast created, tightening regional administration

    Jan 1, 1851Labels: Transbaikal Oblast, Administration

    • Transbaikal
    • Buryatia

12. Land policy and colonization intensify sedentarization pressures

    Jan 1, 1890Labels: Land policy, Sedentarization

    • DOAJ Land
    • Transbaikal