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Peak Lyubvi (Love peak) is located at the height of 2412 meters and is one of the summits of Tunkinskiye goltsy. Ascending of this peak is one of the popular routes among extreme lovers in Arshan. Usually it takes 4-5 hours to get to the summit in summer time and 5-6 hours in winter. There is a good path to the summit. According to the belief, love will be stronger if two loving each other people will climb this peak together.
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Tunkinskaya Valley The Tunkinsky intermountain degradation spread by 200 km is located in the south-west of the Republic of Buryatia at 40 km from the Baikal. The valley is embraced with the Khamar-Daban Range in the south, and with the mountains of the Eastern Sayans in the north. The maximal valley’s... |
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Arshan Settlement The settlement of Arshan is situated at 250km from Irkutsk, on the territory of the republic of Buryatia, at the foot of the Eastern Sayans at a high of 890m above the sea level.
Arshan is known, mostly, for its springs, that were discovered in the 60th of the 19th century by local... |
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Shumak Springs The wild Shumak springs represent a unique nature phenomenon. Peculiar thermal springs are pouring out at the foot of the mountains at 1500m above sea level in the valley of the Shumak river, within the Tunkinsky barrens (the Eastern Sayans). A number of the underground water exits... |
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Mount Munku-Sardyk Munku-Sardyk is the highest point of the Estern Sayans, the mountains in the south of Siberia. Its name in Buryat language means “all-time white goltsi” (“barren rocks”). The main peak attains 3491m, and it is situated on the boundary between the Republic of... |
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Peoples of Lake Baikal The Kurykans
In the first millennium A.D. Pribaikalie was inhabited by a tribal union consisted of three families – the Turks, the Evenks and the Protoburyats that had a common name “Kurykans”. In spite of their little quantity these ancient tribes formed a quite... |
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