Хубытинская развилка
The place
Khubytinskaya Razvilka ("Khubytinskaya Fork") in the Republic of Buryatia, Tunka/Khoytogol sector (Eastern Sayan, Mongolia border, Russia), at 1578 m elevation, Eastern Sayan slope. Continuous cluster Russia Buryatia Sayan (batches 343-382). Trail fork/meeting point with forest isba (Khubytinskaya, Khubyt river basin, tributary of the Irkut + Eastern Sayan massif on the Mongolian border + Tunkinsky Valley, 200 km, bordered by the Sayans to the north and Khamar-Daban to the south + Buddhist Buryats, Ivolginsky Datsan, 30 monasteries in Russia + Arshan hydrothermal hot springs bathing + Mongol Buryat heritage, 460,000 speakers of the Buryat language + Tibetan Buddhism, Gelugpa school, 17th c. + heritage of the Soyots (Turkic-Mongol people, 3,000, last tribe in Russia, Buryatia, Soyot language, UNESCO CE + reindeer herders of Buryatia, last such population in southern Russia).
The setting
Buryatia Tunka/Khoytogol Eastern Sayan Mongolian border Russia 1578 m Eastern Sayan, continuous cluster batches 343-382, forest isba fork Khubytinskaya Khubyt river basin tributary of the Irkut + Eastern Sayan Mongolian border + Tunka Valley 200 km bordered by Sayans N/Khamar-Daban S + Buryats Ivolginsky Datsan 30 monasteries in Russia + Arshan hydrothermal springs, Mongol Buryats 460,000 Buryat language Gelugpa Buddhism 17th c. + Soyots Turkic-Mongol 3,000 last tribe Buryatia Soyot UNESCO CE + reindeer herders last in southern Russia.
