Villa Condratia
The place
Villa Condratia in the Republic of Buryatia, Barguzin/Ust-Barguzin area (eastern shore of Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia, Russia), at 484 m of altitude, in the Barguzin delta. Part of the continuous Russia/Buryatia cluster (batches 343-350, 2 listings). An upscale tourist villa (the Italianate name "Condratia" reflecting the ostentatious style of post-USSR Russian oligarchs), in an area of sub-boreal taiga on the Baikal shore + the Barguzinsky Zapovednik, founded 1917, the world's first strict nature reserve, 366,000 ha in the Barguzin range, home to the Martes zibellina (sable), an endemic species prized for the world's most valuable fur ($1,000 per pelt, hunting strictly controlled), part of the heritage of the Buryats (a Mongolic people, 460,000 speakers of the Buryat-Mongolian language, practising Tibetan Gelugpa Buddhism since the 17th century; the Ivolginsky Datsan is the seat of Russia's Buddhist Sangha, the only traditional pagoda in Siberia).
The setting
Buryatia Barguzin/Ust-Barguzin E shore Baikal East Siberia Russia 484 m Barguzin delta, continuous cluster batches 343-350 2 listings, upscale villa Condratia Italianate post-USSR oligarchs, Baikal taiga + Barguzinsky Zapovednik 1917 world's 1st strict nature reserve 366,000 ha Martes zibellina endemic sable fur $1,000/pelt, Buryats 460,000 Mongolic Gelugpa 17th c Ivolginsky Datsan seat of Russia's Buddhist Sangha only pagoda in Siberia.
