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09/25/07
A New Book On Lake Baikal
Categories: The Regions, Irkutsk
When I was writing about Irkutsk oblast earlier this month, I noted that the region includes Lake Baikal, the world's largest and deepest lake. This lake has so captured the world's imagination that there are more than 10,000 images tagged with "Baikal" on Flickr.com.
Unfortunately, however, Lake Baikal has also captured its share of pollution, and the environmental threat to the lake is chronicled in a new book, "Sacred... more
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09/15/07
Russia's Regions: Irkutsk
Categories: Adoptive Parenting, The Regions, Irkutsk
Where is it? Irkutsk Oblast is located in southwestern Siberia. It is bordered by the republics of Buryat, Tuva and Sakha, Krasnoyarsk Krai and Chita Oblast. The world's deepest lake, Lake Baikal, is located in the Irkutsk region. Irkutsk is in its own time zone, which is five hours ahead of Moscow.
What's the biggest city? Irkutsk, which accounts for 593,000 of the region's 2.6 million people, according to... more
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