It is bounded by Irkutsk and Chita regions, Republic of Tuvaяand Mongolia and is washed by one of the greatest and magnificent lakes in the worldя- Lake Baikal. There are more than 300 sunny days yearly in Buryatia and for anyone who lives in the republic it is unimaginable without blue sky and sun shining brightly.

The climate is dry, winters without severe frosts and temperature in summer being not so high. By its diversity the Buryat landscape can be equally compared to Swiss Alps, steppes of Mongolia or the woods and plains of the European part of Russia.

Buryatia as one of the beautiful regions of the East Siberia strikes everyone with amazing diversity of nature organically combining grandeur and might of Baikal, boundless taiga space, deep rivers and snow-covered tops of the Sayan mountain ridges. From the ancient times different tribes and peoples inhabited the territory of the present-day Buryatia.

The fact is, that the Republic of Buryatia is believed to the one of the cultural centres of the East Siberia.

There are four theatres in Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Republic: the Buryat State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, the Khotza Namsaraev Byryat State Academic Theatre of Drama, the Nickolay Bestuzhev Russian Theatre of Drama and the Republican puppet-show "Uliger". The Buryat masters of the stage are very popular, they are the People's Artists Lkhasaran Linkhovoin, Larisa Sakhyanova, Dugarzhap Dashiev, Kim Bazarsadaev, Galina Shoidagbaeva. For a long time the People's Artists of Russia Bolot Boroev, Larisa Egorova, Klavdiya Nikulina, Mikhail Elbonov, Innokenty Yukhnevich have been successfully acting on the stages of drama theatres.

The Republic of Buryatia is situated in the south part of the East Siberia, southwards and eastwards of the lake Baikal. The territory of the Republic is 351,300 squared km and by its sizes it equals the territories of 10-12 regions of the Central-European part of the Russian Federation. The population of the Republic is 1,059,400 people. In the south Buryatia borders on the Mongolian People's Republic, in the south-westя- on the Republic of Tuva, in the north-westя- the Irkutsk Region, in the eastя- on the Chita Region. The time difference with Moscow is 5яhours.

Buryatia takes up an advantageous geographical position. Two railway lines (Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur) connecting the central parts of the Community of Independent Sovereign countries (CIS) with the regions of Far East and with such countries of South-East Asia as China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan and others across the territory of Buryatia. By administrative division there exist 21яdistricts (regions), 6яtowns, 29яurban-type settlements in the Republic.