Землянка (разр).
The place
Землянка (разр). ("Demolished dugout shelter") in Irkutsk Oblast, Sludyanka/Khamar-Daban area (South Baikal Khamar-Daban range, Russia), at 458 m altitude, on the northern slope of the Khamar-Daban. Continuous Russia Baikal cluster (batches 260-377). Zemlyanka, a demolished underground shelter marked on OSM (zemlyanka being a traditional historic semi-buried Russian forest shelter type + Khamar-Daban 2371 m Golets Sokhondo range, 2500 km², 500-2500 m + Lake Baikal, 31,500 km², the deepest lake in the world at 1642 m, 20% of the world's unfrozen fresh water, UNESCO 1996 + Circum-Baikal Trans-Siberian railway 1904, 89 km, an extraordinary ledge route with 39 tunnels + heritage of the Orthodox Buryats + Yenisei Cossacks, 17th century Siberian colonization, Kolyma/Norilsk Gulag, 400,000 men 1935-1956 + Yenisei-Angara-Baikal drainage basin, 30% of Russia's water).
The setting
Irkutsk Sludyanka/Khamar-Daban South Baikal Khamar-Daban range Russia 458 m N slope Khamar-Daban, continuous cluster batches 260-377, zemlyanka demolished underground shelter OSM traditional Russian forest type + Khamar-Daban 2371 m Golets Sokhondo 2500 km² 500-2500 m + Lake Baikal 31,500 km² deepest in the world 1642 m 20% unfrozen fresh water UNESCO 1996 + Circum-Baikal Trans-Sib 1904 89 km ledge route 39 tunnels + Orthodox Buryats + Yenisei Cossacks 17th c. colonization Kolyma/Norilsk Gulag 400,000 1935-1956 + Yenisei-Angara-Baikal 30% of Russia's water.
