THE QORI STEPPE DUMA IN THE19<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY (ETHNIC COMPOSITION AND SETTLEMENT OF QORI BURYATS)
The article continues a series of research works on the ethnic composition of the Buryat population using a case study of the Steppe Dumas, national jurisdictions of the Russian Empire. This article studies the ethnic composition and settlement of Buryats in the Qori Steppe Duma. The settlement territory of the Qori Buryats is the largest Buryat territory in Transbaikalia. Based on archival sources, published sources and field research materials we have reconstructed the ethnic composition and settlement areas of the Qori Buryats in the 19th century and compiled a map indicating administrative borders and largest settlements.