Historical and geographical peculiarities of the Selenginsk Buryat people forming process

The article focuses on the historical forming process of the Selenginsk Buryat people. It gives the notion "the Selenginsk Buryat people". The article examines the basic tribal groups of the Buryat and Mongol peoples that transformed into the Selenginsk Buryat people. The article dwells on the principal events that influenced the ethnical settling process of the Transbaikalia peoples.