[1] The word gurohn (гуро́хн) means "buck of Siberian roe deer" in Buryat, borrowed into the local Russian vernacular as guran (гурaн).

[5] Some researchers, such as Namzhil Tsybikov [ru], consider Gurans to be a new emerged ethnic group, whose members have a specific culture.

[3] Russians, living in the same territory with the indigenous population, often assimilated with them, gradually acquired some anthropological features, borrowed elements of life and culture of these peoples.

In turn, the Russians, having brought and spread among the local population their own skills and techniques, contributed to various developments.

The time intervals of migration flows of Russians who intermarried with the indigenous populations are clearly defined, resulting in the birth of a new ethnic group, the Gurans.