Immediately following the February Revolution, Gombojab Tsybikov (chair of Mongol Philology at the Oriental Institute of Vladivostok) travelled to Buryatia and together with Bazar Baradin [bxr], Tsyben Zhamtsarano, Mikhail Bogdanov [ru], Elbegdorj Rinchino, Dash Sampilon [ru] and others founded the nucleus of Burnatskom in March 1917.
[2] The leaders of Burnatskom sympathised with the Socialist-Revolutionary Party and envisioned a socialist state compatible with Buddhism.
[7] However the organization also expressed its willingness to cooperate with the Soviet government if Buryat national institutions would remain intact.
[6][13] Burnatskom organized military units, to "defend religion and national welfare", which the White ataman Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov used as rear-guard troops.
[3] In 2017 the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia organized an exhibition to celebrate the centenary of Burnatskom, highlighting its role as the first expression of Buryat self-governance.