|
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 hunters. In 1920,...
Read more |
|
Baikalsk has been built at the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The highway Irkutsk-Ulan-Ude (Moscow Highway) crosses the city. The railroad distance between Baikalsk and Irkutsk equals to 167 km, and the highway mileage runs to 154 km. The city is referred to the cities of the Irkutsk region with the developed...
Read more |
|
Barguzinskaya Valley is famous for its numerous mineral springs as well as the scenic rocks on the Ikatsky Range slopes. The length of the Barguzin crater is over 200 km with the maximal width of 35 km in its middle part near the village of Barguzin. The overall square of the crater attains 3,100,300...
Read more |
|
Barguzinsky Gulf is the largest gulf on Lake Baikal. It entrenches 30 km into the continent and covers about 700 km². Along the shore stretches a huge dune of some hundreds meters wide representing a good location to stay at. On the sand one can see isolated cedars with characteristic flag-shaped...
Read more |
|
The settlement of Bolshiye Koty is situated at 18km from the village of Listvyanichny, the big touristic center at the Baikal.
Bolshiye Koty is closely connected with the history of the Baikal industry development: there used to be exhausted gravel, nowadays the glass-works operates at the lake shore,...
Read more |
|
In the 17 century the settlement at the western shore of Lake Baikal, in the delta of the Idin-Gol River, was found owing to the trade road from Russia to China. A lot of merchant wind–driven boats from Irkutsk were going in the Angara and the Baikal up to the Idin-Gol river that forms a deeply...
Read more |
|
Chivyrkuysky Gulf is one of the coziest and scenic spots at Lake Baikal. It extends deeply into the land between the mainland and Svyatoy Nos peninsula by 26 km with the width of 6-12 km. The bay is shoal, its average deepness varies about 10 m, for this reason, the summer water temperature not infrequently...
Read more |
|
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 Sea) and is water space...
Read more |
|
Foundation
Irkutsk is not only the capital of Eastern Siberia but also the city- museum that could keep the romantic face of antiquity. Ornate and solemn Siberian baroque is side by side with austere Empire style near the tartish smartness of the merchant houses.
The name of the city originated from...
Read more |
|
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 Buryatia (Russia)...
Read more |
|
|
