Изба на Ара-Ошее
The place
Izba na Ara-Oshee ("Cabin on Ara-Oshee") in the Republic of Buryatia, Tunka/Khoytogol area (Eastern Sayan, Eastern Siberia, Russia), at 1,635 m elevation, Eastern Sayan slope on the Mongolian border. Continuous Russia Buryatia cluster (batches 343-365, 3 entries). Traditional forest/hunting izba (Ara-Oshee, a Buryat place name) on the Eastern Sayan range at the Mongolian border + the 200 km Tunka Valley bordered by the Sayans to the north and Khamar-Daban to the south + Buddhist Buryats, Ivolginsky Datsan, 30 monasteries in RU + hydrothermal hot springs at Arshan + Buryat-Mongol heritage, 460,000 people, Buryat language + Tibetan Buddhism, Gelug school, 17th c. + Ivan Kalmykov, Buryat cossack, paradox figure + Soyot heritage (Turkic-Mongol people, 3,000, last remaining tribe in Russia, Buryatia, Soyot language, UNESCO safeguarding + reindeer herders, the last such population in southern Russia).
The setting
Buryatia Tunka/Khoytogol Eastern Sayan Eastern Siberia Russia 1,635 m Eastern Sayan Mongolian border, continuous cluster batches 343-365 3 entries, forest/hunting izba Ara-Oshee Buryat Eastern Sayan + 200 km Tunka Valley bordered by Sayans N/Khamar-Daban S + Buryats Ivolginsky Datsan 30 monasteries RU + Arshan hydrothermal hot springs, Buryat-Mongol 460,000 Buddhism Gelug 17th c. + Ivan Kalmykov Buryat cossack, Soyot Turkic-Mongol 3,000 last tribe in Buryatia Soyot UNESCO safeguarding + reindeer herders last in southern RU.
