Timur Badmatsyrenov — Associate Professor of the Chair of Political Science and Sociology, Head of the Center for Social and Political Studies, Buryat State University (Ulan-Ude, Russia). batorovitch@mail.ru

Vladimir Rodionov — Head of the Chair of History and Area Studies, Buryat State University (Ulan-Ude, Russia). vladimir_198025@mail.ru