Museum of Regional Studies
Olkhon Island, Khuzhir village
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Museum of regional studies in Khuzhir village represents a rich collection of items showing ancient way of life of native people. Exposition of the museum contains valuable archeological material. The visitors are presented different items of Buryat way of life, collections of Baikal flora and fauna, as well as collections of stones and minerals. Moreover, there is numismatic collection and items of religious cult, which give an idea about shamanism and its traditions.
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Discover Olkhon The largest island of the Baikal – Olkhon is situated in the middle part of the lake, nearby the western coast. Its length reaches 71km, a maximal width is 15km, and the area is about 700km2.
The strait between the island and the continental coast is named Maloye More (Small... |
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Shamanism Shamanism is one of the oldest religious traditions of the mankind, which preceded other world religions. Shamanism, as such, is considered to be primarily Siberian and Central Asian religion. Central and Northern Asia is regarded as shamans’ homeland, and the sacred place for... |
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