Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug 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. The territory has since been administrated as the Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug of Irkutsk Oblast.
History Russian Federation From 1993, the autonomous okrug was both an independent federal subject of Russia and a part of Irkutsk Oblast until it was officially merged with Irkutsk Oblast on January 1, 2008.
Merger In a referendum held on April 16, 2006, the majority of residents in Irkutsk Oblast and Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug agreed to the unification of the two regions. According to regions' electoral commissions, 68.98% of residents of Irkutsk Oblast and 99.51% of residents in Ust-Orda Buryatia took part in the vote, making it one of the best attended plebiscites in the country since the 2003 Russian election. The merger was approved by an absolute majority of the electorate: by 89.77% in Irkutsk Oblast and by 97.79% in Ust-Orda Buryatia. The enlarged Irkutsk Oblast officially came into existence on January 1, 2008.
Administrative Divisions
The okrug is divided into six administrative districts: Alarsky District Bayandayevsky District Bokhansky District Ekhirit-Bulagatsky District Nukutsky District Osinsky District
Governors Portrait Name(lifespan) Tenure Time in office Election 1 Aleksey Batagayev(1950–2002) – 15 December 1996(lost election) Appointed 2 Valery Maleyev(born 1964) – 26 January 2007(resigned) 199620002004 – Alexander Tishanin(born 1966) – 31 December 2007(autonomy dissolved) Acting
See also Buryatia Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug Flag of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug
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