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Burkhan

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Burkhan may refer to:

Places

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  • Burkhan Khaldun, one of the Khentii Mountains in the Khentii Province of northeastern Mongolia
  • Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume, "The Golden Abode of the Buddha Shakyamuni" in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation
  • Burkhan Buudai, a mountain of the Gobi-Altai Mountains and located in the Govi-Altai Province in Mongolia

Others

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  • Burkhanism or Ak Jang, a new religious movement that flourished among the indigenous people of Russia's Gorno Altai region (okrug) between 1904 and the 1930s

See also

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