23.02.2011
Siberias lake Baikal feeling the heat
The "Butterfly Effect" the idea that on a global scale, even small events can have a ripple effect around the world is demonstrated in the work of a Russian family in Siberia that have for three generations studied Lake Baikal -- one of the most biologically diverse of the world's oldest and deepest lakes. In the 1940's, Mikhail Kozhov began taking detailed measurements of the lake's temperature. His granddaughter, Lyubov Izmest'eva, continues the family tradition.
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20.09.2010
There passes an exhibition of the photographer of the magazine "National Geographic Russia" in Ulan-Ude
The exhibition "Our Baikal" of the photographer of the magazine "National Geographic
Russia", who is a famous photographer from Buryatia Sergei Shitikov is held in Ulan-Ude. In total the exposition contains more than 30 large-formatted works.
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13.09.2010
The Republic of Buryatia has presented the conception of tourism development in the region
The presentation has taken place within the frames of the VI Baikal economic forum.
According to the developed project, 22 hotels of different levels of service will appear in the republic till 2020, the total number of rooms in them will amount to 2000. It is already known that the first five hotels have to appear in the period from 2011- till 2013, - the Press office of the Baikal Economic Forum informs.
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09.09.2010
The press briefing devoted to end of expedition "Mirs" on the Baikal
A final press briefing was held on September 8 on SibExpoCenter’s central square next to the displayed submersibles Mir-1 and Mir-2 to summarize the results of a large-scale multiyear project, the “Mirs in Baikal” Scientific Research Expedition, organized by the Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal.
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08.09.2010
The press tour for Russian journalists continues in Buryatia
The press tour for the Russian editions continues within the frames of the joint project of the Development Program of the UN and Company "Coca-Cola" "Each drop matters - Lake Baikal" in Buryatiya. Journalists of federal editions, in particular, newspapers "Kommersant", "Izvestiya", "Vechernyaya Moskva", youth magazines, radio, and also the Internet - bloggers participate in the trip. The press-service of the President and Government of the Republic Buryatiya informs on it.
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30.08.2010
Russian Mir mini-subs dive in Lake Baikal
Russia's Mir deep submersibles made a series of dives in the world's deepest freshwater lake to inspect crystals containing natural gas on Wednesday, the Fund for the Protection of Lake Baikal said. The dives took place near Olkhon Island, the largest island in East Siberia's Lake Baikal.
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31.05.2010
Buryatia rents the sixth part of its territory on Lake Baikal
A couple of months ago one of the Russian oligarchs, the creator of famous brands "Invite" and "Bystrov" Sergei Vykhodtsev said on TV Russia.ru, that his company «Organic escape» is planning to create tourist zone of the world level on an area of 55,000 sq. kilometers of the northern coast of Lake Baikal, located in Buryat Republic (entire territory - 351 thousand sq. km.).
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18.05.2010
Sergey Vykhodtsev: I want to live on Lake Baikal
It looks like the Baikal and Buryatia region got the second chance of serious PR. The first one occurred in 2007, when Mikhail Slipenchuk led unique deep bathyscaphes MIR-1 and Mir-2 " to the waters of Lake Baikal. Since that time, many Russia's VIP-persons, representatives of business and government, including Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, visited and immersed into the deep waters of Lake Baikal.
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23.04.2010
Lake Baikal: Buryatia news
The authorities of Buryatia have presented to Library of the USA Congress a collection of books about the republic.
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16.07.2009
What is the sekret of Baikal Lake?
What is interesting to Russians and foreigners on Baikal? A question not the idle. In connection with the beginning of building of the Special economic zone of tourist-recreational type (OEZ ТРТ) «The Baikal harbour» in Republic of Buryatia sharply rises a question – what kinds of tourism should be developed on Baikal. What is the mystery of the sacred lake Baikal which is in far cold Siberia with its sharp-continental climate – in the cold winter and in the short summer.
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