2 зимовье
The place
2 zimovie ("2nd winter cabin") in the Republic of Buryatia, Turka/Barguzin area (eastern shore of Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia, Russia), at 1564 m altitude, on the Barguzin Range slope. Continuous Russia Buryatia cluster (batches 343-360). Zimovie ("winter cabin", a Siberian trapper tradition, numbered along a chain + Barguzin Zapovednik, 1917, world's 1st strict nature reserve, 366,000 ha, sable Martes zibellina, endemic, the world's most valuable fur, $1000/pelt, controlled hunting), an area of sub-boreal taiga on the shore of Baikal (the world's deepest lake, 1642 m + Pusa sibirica nerpa, the world's only freshwater seal species), heritage of the Buryats (Mongolic people, 460,000, Buryat language + Tibetan Gelugpa Buddhism from the 17th century, Ivolginsky Datsan, seat of the Buddhist Sangha of Russia, the only traditional pagoda in Siberia).
The setting
Buryatia Turka/Barguzin E shore Baikal Eastern Siberia Russia 1564 m Barguzin Range, continuous cluster batches 343-360, zimovie 2nd winter cabin trapper + Barguzin Zapovednik 1917 world's 1st reserve 366,000 ha Martes zibellina fur $1000/pelt, taiga Baikal 1642 m deepest + Pusa sibirica nerpa only freshwater seal, Buryats 460,000 Mongolic Gelugpa XVII Ivolginsky Datsan seat of Buddhist Sangha RU only pagoda.
