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In the past, the Baikal was referred to by many Russians as the "Baikal Sea" (море Байкал, More Baikal), rather than merely "Lake Baikal" (озеро Байкал, Ozero Baikal). [131] This usage is attested already in the Life of Protopope Avvakum (1621–1682), [132] and on the late-17th-century maps by Semyon Remezov. [133]
The Baikal Nature Reserve (/ b aɪ ˈ k ɔː l /; Russian: Байка́льский запове́дник) is a nature reserve and "zapovednik" on the southeast shore of Lake Baikal, in southern Buryatia, Russia. Also called Baikal Zapovednik, it was established in 1969 for preserving the nature along the lake and the neighboring central part ...
Svyatoy Nos ('Holy Cape') is a large peninsula on the eastern edge of Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia, in the Barguzinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia. It is part of the Zabaykalsky (Trans-Baikal) National Park. The name "Svyatoy Nos" (Святой Нос) means 'Holy Cape' in Russian.
The Baikal-Lena Reserve has three sectors: the coast ("The shore of brown bears"), the Upper Lena River, and the Kirengsky sector. [2] Because of its position on the lake shore with a mountain ridge to the west to screen the prevailing winds, Baikal-Lena is the driest reserve on the lake.
Lake Ladoga [a] is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg.. It is the largest lake located entirely in Europe, the second largest lake in Russia after Lake Baikal, and the 14th largest freshwater lake by area in the world.
List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order: Achchyon (Аччён) Akush (Акуш) Arakhley (Арахле́й) Astrodym (Астродым) Baikal (Байкал) Bakhmatovskoye (Бахматовское) Baunt (Баунт) Bauzhansor (Баужансор) Belenkoye (Беленькое) Belenkoye (Беленькое) Beloye, Ryazan Oblast ...
Don't rely on bloviating pundits to tell you who'll prevail on Hollywood's big night. The Huffington Post crunched the stats on every Oscar nominee of the past 30 years to produce a scientific metric for predicting the winners at the 2013 Academy Awards.
The Great Baikal Trail or GBT (Russian: Большая Байкальская Тропа or ББТ (Bolshaya Baikalskaya Tropa or BBT)) is a Russian non-profit environmental organization promoting the development of ecotourism, voluntary work, and ecological education. Based in Irkutsk, Russia, GBT is working to build hiking trails around Lake ...