Ust-Orda_Buryat_Autonomous_Okrug
Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug
Former federal subject of Russia
Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский автоно́мный о́круг (УОБАО); Buryat: Усть-Ордын (Усть-Ордагай) Буряадай автономито тойрог) was an autonomous okrug of Russia within Irkutsk Oblast. After a 16 April 2006 referendum, in which almost 90% of participants voted for unification with Irkutsk Oblast, the autonomous okrug was merged into the oblast on 1 January 2008.[1] The territory has since been administrated as the Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug of Irkutsk Oblast.