Staraya Bryan Cave
Bryanka river valley, tributary of Uda river, Staraya Bryan village
See map »
Staraya Bryan Cave is a unique cave-grotto with original paintings ("Selenginskiye petroglyphs"). I large amount of paintings was found in the cave, which were typical to Selenginsky group of Zabaikalye petroglyphs, made by red sienna. The most paintings are on the right wall of the cave. Some part of the paintings was found at the entrance of the cave, and also 10 meters further on rocky ledges.
© Text by BaikalNature. All rights reserved.
 Photos provided by Panoramio. Photos are under the copyright of their owners.
 |
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... |
 |
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... |
 |
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... |
 |
Old Believers In the second half of the 17th century, at the time when the Russian Orthodox Church attained the highest dignity its division occurred. The reason for that were the reforms of the patriarch Nikon that were undertaken in order to the unification of the Russian Orthodox Church traditions... |
 |
Buddhism Buddhism, one of the most ancient religions in the world, was based by Gautama Buddha in VI before Christ. However according to the opinion of the Indian historians, Buddhism was created much earlier, approximately in VII B.C. The base of Buddhism is science... |
|
|
