Read the secrets of Baikal. Mysterious and mystical sights of Lake Baikal. Dragon Fang or Cape Khoboy

Very interesting sights and educational information about the majestic Lake Baikal, which is known throughout the world as one of the most mysterious and mysterious places on our planet. I recommend reading it.

CAPE RYTYY

Cape Ryty is located on west bank Baikal, opposite the widest part of the lake. For the local population, this place is sacred and forbidden to visit. Under no circumstances does any of the natives agree to land here on the shore.
Some believe that this place was once ancient city, as evidenced by the artificial stone wall. Others talk about an increased radioactive background. To this day, ancient prohibitions are observed on Rytoy: you cannot cut down a tree or shoot an animal, otherwise the local spirit will be disturbed.
There are no trees and no settlements on the cape, single boats sail past without moistening to the shore, and do not reach this place highway, and there isn't even a coastal path. For unknown reasons, a taboo was imposed on visiting the cape by the local population, and this ban still applies in our time. Residents studiously avoid visiting it, calling it a cursed place, but when they talk, they can tell a lot mysterious stories associated with this sacred area. It is worth adding that this cape is part of the territory of the Baikal-Lena Nature Reserve, and in order to land here, you need special permission from the administration. The reserve regime, combined with local shamanic prohibitions on visiting the sacred cape, did their job: only rare individuals dare to go deep into the gorge, and their stories about the mysteries of Rytoy turned it into the main thing anomalous place on Baikal. Last years There are many legends surrounding this area. Branch fault of the river gorge. Rita has anomalous features, and since ancient times, visiting it has been taboo by local residents. There are no big reasons to violate these prohibitions now; there is no point simply for the sake of curiosity to enter a “terrible and sacred place” where angry gods live, the sons of the deity Ukher, who send strong winds and cast spells on visitors to their home. Shamanic spells still operate in our time; this is easy to verify by tracking the fate of people who violated the centuries-old ban and entered the gorge. Many of them died prematurely and suddenly. According to local customs, you cannot drive past this place without honoring the spirits of Ryty.

SHAMAN-STONE

At the source of the Angara River there is a rock protruding in the middle of the river. In ancient times, local residents of the Angara region endowed the Shaman Stone with miraculous powers. According to ancient beliefs, this was the habitat of the owner of the Angara - Ama Sagaan noyon. Particularly important shamanic rituals took place on the Shaman Stone, oaths were taken here and prayers were made in order to remove a false accusation or defend one’s honor; a criminal was brought here at night and left alone over a cold, freezing stream, so that by morning he would confess to his crime. If by morning , the water did not take him away, if he did not die from fear and the freezing breath of Lake Baikal, he was forgiven. Evidence of the veneration of the sacred stone is the bottom strewn with coins around the Shaman Stone.

CAPE KHOBOY

Cape Khoboy (in Buryat khoboy means “fang, molar”) is the northernmost cape on Olkhon Island. The spectacular columnar rock, reminiscent of a sharp fang in appearance, from the sea side, has a pronounced resemblance to the profile of a female head with a bust, as on ancient Greek galleys from the east and west.
The local name for the rock is Virgo. There is a Buryat legend, according to which this is a petrified Buryat woman who, out of envy of her husband, asked the Tengris for the same palace as the one granted to her husband. Tengrii with the words: “As long as there is evil and envy on earth, you will be a stone” - they turned it into a rock.
Cape Khoboy has now been chosen by various spiritual schools as a place of meditation. On its northern side, these “representatives” did not hesitate to leave a legacy, leaving in the most prominent place the Roerich sign - a red circle with three dots inside. But the true, hidden sign of the island is not this at all. As a symbol of shamanic legends, on the northern edge of the monolithic rock, not visible from land and falling into the water, at a height inaccessible to humans, two huge eagle nests are stacked in the crevices of the cape. According to Buryat legends, the first person to receive the shamanic gift was the son of the formidable master-spirit of Olkhon Island, who lived in the form of a bald eagle. The veneration of this bird as the spirit of the island has survived to this day.

Cape Khoboy is associated with a legend about a dragon, which, flying over the sacred lake, dropped its fang. Having fallen on Khoboy, the fang of the mythological animal went deep into the ground, leaving a characteristic mark on the outlines of the island. Some scholars suggest that this legend is associated with memories of the fall of a certain cosmic body(possibly a small meteorite) that happened many thousands of years ago. It was precisely such a local catastrophe that could have caused the strong geomagnetic activity manifested in this part of Olkhon. Parapsychologists who often visit Khoboy note a constant powerful release of astral energy in the area of the cape, which is associated with numerous cases of the appearance of ghostly substances here. Locals They claim that sometimes on the cape you can meet the spirits of your dead ancestors or even see your own previous incarnations. The spirit of the White shaman emerging from the waters of Lake Baikal became especially famous. It is believed that seeing a spirit is a sign of great luck.
The place is notable for the polyphonic echo that is reflected from the monolithic rock. Rare and relict herbs are found here. In winter, you can explore the grottoes, fabulously decorated with splashed ice and transparent icicles. They are located at the level of the water's edge, their entrances are oriented to the north. In the rocks, at water level, on the cape, there are grottoes up to 22 meters long; they can only be viewed in winter from the ice.

ROCK SHAMANKA

One of the most mysterious Baikal places is the Shamanka rock on Cape Burkhan, consisting of white marble, granite and quartz.
The shaman was previously called the “stone-temple”. The first explorers of Lake Baikal - in particular, the famous Russian explorer Vladimir Obruchev - noted that this place evoked superstitious horror among the Baikal Buryats. No one except the shaman had the right to approach the sacred place. If need forced them, then the horses’ hooves were wrapped in felt and leather so as not to disturb the peace of the owner of Lake Baikal with their clattering noises. Women were supposed to walk around the rock two miles away.
A cave runs right through the Shamanka rock. By the standards of speleologists, it is not that big: it is about 12 meters long, up to 4.5 meters wide, and in some places 6.5 meters high. However, it was this cave that became the center of cult worship.
The Buryats were sure that Ezhin, the owner of Lake Baikal, lived in the cave of the Shaman Rock. Ancient legends tell about 13 northern noyons - the sons of the divine Tengris, who descended from heaven to judge people and chose different places accommodation. The eldest and strongest of them, Khan Khute-baabay, settled in the cave of the Shaman Rock.

According to the testimony of residents of the village of Khunzhir, located near Cape Burkhan, for centuries the cave was visited by shamans of many peoples who inhabited ancient Siberia. Priests of pagan religions performed rituals in the cave related to the cleansing of ancestral karma and the removal of curses; falling into a trance, they were able to contemplate pictures of the past and future.

CAPE BOGATYR

Since time immemorial, Bogatyr, the cape of the largest Baikal island, Olkhon, has been of great attraction for the servants of shamanic cults. The ancient name of the cape - Fiery - is due to the fact that the first Russian travelers who sailed to the island at the end of the 16th century unexpectedly saw a huge pillar of fire shooting up in front of them from the Baikal waters to the sky. The fiery wall seemed to prevent foreigners from entering the sacred land of the island. A similar phenomenon on the Cape was noted from time to time later.
According to the words of the Buryat shaman Weirbek, it is known that at Cape Bogatyr it is customary to perform rituals associated with the spell of the elements of power: fire, wind and water. Until the first quarter of the 20th century, it was customary among the leaders and elders of local tribes and villages to bring newborn male babies to the Cape. It was believed that once in this place, the future leader or warrior acquired special physical and spiritual strength and received longevity.

LAKE SHARA-NUR

Not far from Baikal, on the way to the Tashkiney valley, surrounded by dense forest and hills, there is a small lake Shara-Nur, which means “Yellow Lake” in Buryat. It received this name for the cloudy color of the water, extremely saturated with hydrogen sulfide. For this reason, these days the pond attracts people suffering from joint diseases. They say that the disease disappears without a trace after several baths of the patient in the waters of Shara-Nur. In the old days local population She was afraid to dive into the lake, because she believed that a giant yellow snake, Shara-Kaaya, lived in it.
Local legends say: once upon a time in these parts there lived a brave hero who angered the evil spirit Erkin by not giving him his beautiful sister as his wife. As punishment, the evil spirit turned the hero into huge snake, commanding him to live forever in the waters of the lake and eat lake carrion and human flesh. It is believed that this is why the bodies of drowned people are never found in Shara-Nur - they are eaten by Shara-Kaaya. True, according to scientists, Shara-Nur, located more than 100 meters above sea level, is connected to Baikal by a network of underground tunnels, through which the bodies of drowned people escape along with the flowing water. However, even today, local hunters and fishermen claim that they sometimes hear sounds coming from troubled waters sounds similar to the growl of an unknown giant creature.

MOUNT ALKHANAY

The most high mountain on the territory of the Aginsky Buryat National District - Alkhanay (1665 m) - is associated with the history of Buddhism and the name of Genghis Khan.
This is one of the Buddhist shrines of the Buryats. At its base is the Temple of the Greater Good. One of the interesting things here is a natural grotto, in the roof of which there is a crack that goes deep into the rock, and water oozes out of it, which is considered healing. Believers drink water and make offerings of grain or coins.
Astrological calculations of Buddhist monks showed that this particular peak is the place where people visit the middle world, the world of the Most High, where the gods live. And the main patron of the highest point of Alkhanaya is the deity Demchog - one of the five main Buddhas, whose name translated from Tibetan means Eternal Good.

Since ancient times, the Buryat and Mongol tribes have spiritualized these places. There are 12 shrines on Alkhanai. The most revered of them is Uuden Sume (Gate Temple). This natural arch in the rock, according to the lamas, forms a channel connecting our world with Shambhala. A meter-high stone parapet surrounds the path along which pilgrims walk to the temple. Pilgrims lift stones from the path and thus make the path easier for those following them. Under the arch there is a suburgan - a small Buddhist stupa built in 1864.

GENGISH KHAN'S TABLE

The legendary place associated with the name of the great warrior is the Table of Genghis Khan (“Chinggis khaanay sheree”) in the area between the Ugutere and Barun-Khandagai rivers. It is a huge boulder, on which, according to legend, ancient writings were written. Located in the foothills of Tunkinskie Goltsy, 4 km west of the former Khandagatai datsan. Its dimensions are 8x6x1.5 m, the shape is ovoid below and flat on top.
On the north side there is a “stone chair” measuring 3x1.5 m. A revered place for Buddhist and shamanic rituals by local residents.
The word “sheree” is very important: it is not just a table, but a throne.

WHITE MOUNTAIN

Sacred Evenki place. It is located in the central part of the Vitim Plateau, on the eastern edge of the Malo-Amalat depression, on the left bank of the Bagdarinka River. At the foot of the White Mountain is the center of the Bauntovsky Evenki district - the village. Bagdarin. The village is named after the mountain - its Evenki name is Bagda-ure (white mountain).
The height of the mountain is 170 m. It is composed of light gray dolomites, and therefore appears white from a distance. The steep southwestern slope is completely devoid of soil and vegetation. The upper part is decorated with a number of steep, bizarre rock outcrops in the form of towers, pyramids, and pillars.
White Mountain has the status of a sacred place. Since ancient times, prayer rituals have been performed here with sacrifices intended for the majestic and omnipotent spirit of the mountain.

MOUNTAIN PRESS

Press - highest point Olkhon is a mountain 1276 meters high above sea level. It is located in the east of the island, on Cape Izhimei.
“Izhimei” has its roots in the word “ezhin,” meaning “master of the area.” The shamanic mythology of the ancients speaks of the god of thunder, the offspring of the Divine Sky itself, who wished to live near the famous Olkhon shaman Nagre-bo. Later, the palace of Mount Zhima passed to a couple of shamans, Ugete-noyon moved closer to the water's edge.
The aborigines honor the mountain and treat it as a shrine. According to legend, gods and spirits lived on Zhima. The top of the mountain was previously crowned by a hut made of wood; there was also a pine hut created by the hands of Olkhon shamans. The embodiment of the spirit of the mountain is a gray-haired and bearded old man. Local residents often told stories about lost travelers who were helped to reach people by an ancient elder.
The ascent and descent of the mountain will take all day, and the trail as such simply does not exist. You will have to walk, picking your way through dense forests and there will be no sources of water on the way. Therefore, it is worth taking the life-giving moisture with you.

BULL MOUNTAIN (BUKHA-NOYONOY-KHEBETSHE - SACRED MOUNTAIN)

A mountain near the village of Tory, Tunkinsky district of Buryatia, north of the Irkut River. Associated with the cult of the sacred ancestor of the representatives of the Buryat tribal union of the Bulagats Bukha Noyon - an earthly deity, patron of the elements of earth and pastures, cattle breeding. The cult of Bukh Noyon was later adopted by the Hongodors. Currently, all Tunka Buryats perform shamanic and Buddhist rituals at this place.

MOUNTAIN EHE-YORD

On the right bank of the Anga River, just two kilometers from Lake Baikal, eight kilometers from the village of Elantsy, a dome-shaped mound 42 meters high rises above the valley. The outlines of the mound, composed of gneisses, granite pegmatites, and quartz veins, seem to be man-made, although so far geologists have not found signs indicating that these slabs were brought here by people. There are no characteristic o-cult pyramidal piles of stones on Mount Erd or nearby, which would indicate that in ancient times stones were brought or brought to Mount Erd during some holiday.
Mount Ekhe-Yord is located on the same straight line from Malaya Erdinskaya Sopka to sacred mountain on the shore of Lake Baikal, opposite these two hills on the rocks of the left side of the Anga River valley are well preserved cave drawings with images of animals. The antiquity of the drawings is also evidenced by the fact that the lower ones are covered with sedimentary rocks. Ancient drawings include a large number of images of running deer and drawings of horned people.
Here, starting in 2000, after a break of a hundred years, the Festival of the Indigenous Peoples of Baikal (Erdyn Games) is held every four years. Oral traditions about the games were preserved mainly by the Olkhon Buryats. Generalized information about them is as follows. Games were held either once a year, in the spring, in May, when the ground was covered with fresh greenery, or twice a year, in spring and autumn. The main event at the games is the multi-day circular dance Ekhor around the Ekhe Erd hill. To cover the entire perimeter of the hill with dancers, you must have at least 700 participants. When so many people did not gather for the festivities, the games were considered unsuccessful, and those who came left. In accordance with this, and in general, the year was considered unsuccessful, not bringing happiness and benefits to people. When a lot of people gathered, up to 2-3 thousand people, the games took place for several days, and the Ekhor dance was danced around the hills both day and night, and during the holiday the dancers wore out several pairs of shoes. During the holiday, only shamans climbed to the top of Mount Erd; no one else had such a right.

HOW TO GET THERE

Most of the sacred places of Lake Baikal are located on the legendary Olkhon Island, which is a center of pilgrimage for tourists from all over the world. Cape Khoboy, Shamanka Rock, Cape Bogatyr, Mount Zhima, and Lake Shara-Nur are located here. On the way to Olkhon Island, crossing the unearthly landscape of the Tazheran steppe, you can turn to the sacred mountain Ekhe-Erdo.
You can get to Lake Olkhon from Irkutsk by car along the Kachugsky tract.
By car: along the Kachugsky tract from Irkutsk through the settlements Oyok, Ust-Ordynsky, Bayandai, Oblique Steppe, Elantsy, Sakhyurte (MRS). The distance to the ferry crossing in the village of Sakhyurte is 250 km along an asphalt road. The ferry service operates daily from 7:30 am to 10:00 pm with an interval of 30 minutes from May to October. From the crossing to the village of Khuzhir, an improved gravel road with a length of 45 km has been laid.
By bus: from May to October to the village. Khuzhir (Olkhon Island) there is a regular bus through ferry crossing. Departure from Irkutsk daily at 10.00 from the bus station (Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsii str., 11 Bus Station stop, tram No. 4). Travel time 8 hours. IN reverse direction The bus leaves from Khuzhir at 8:45 a.m.
By water: you can get to the village of Khuzhir from Irkutsk on the ship “Barguzin”. Departure in the summer (from mid-June) daily at 9.00 from the Raketa pier in the Solnechny microdistrict (Raketa stop, bus No. 16). Travel time 6 hours. VKontakte

Lake Baikal is famous not only for its beautiful view and depth, but also one of the most mysterious and mysterious places on earth. Since ancient times, the local population worshiped shamanic spirits and made sacrifices for them. Inside the post you will get acquainted with these legendary places and find out how to get to them.

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Lake Baikal known not only for its beautiful view and depth, but also as one of the most mysterious and mysterious places on earth. Since ancient times, the local population worshiped shamanic spirits and made sacrifices for them. Inside the post you will get acquainted with these legendary places and find out how to get to them.

CAPE RYTYY

Cape Ryty is located on the western shore of Lake Baikal, opposite the widest point of the lake. For the local population, this place is sacred and forbidden to visit. Under no circumstances does any of the natives agree to land here on the shore.

Some believe that there was once an ancient city on this site, as evidenced by the artificial stone wall. Others talk about an increased radioactive background. To this day, ancient prohibitions are observed on Rytoy: you cannot cut down a tree or shoot an animal, otherwise the local spirit will be disturbed.

There are no trees and no settlements on the cape, single boats sail past without moistening to the shore, and do not reach this place automotive road, and there is not even a path along the coast. For unknown reasons, a taboo was imposed on visiting the cape by the local population, and this ban still applies in our time. Residents studiously avoid visiting it, calling it a cursed place, but once they get into conversation, they can tell many mysterious things. stories associated with this sacred area. It is worth adding that this cape is part of the territory of the Baikal-Lena Nature Reserve, and in order to land here, you need special permission from the administration. The reserve regime, combined with local shamanic prohibitions on visiting the sacred cape, did their job: only rare individuals dare to go deep into the gorge, and their stories about the mysteries of Ryty turned it into the main anomalous place on Lake Baikal. In recent years, many legends have been formed around this area. Branch fault of the river gorge. Rita has anomalous features, and since ancient times, visiting it has been taboo by local residents. There are no big reasons to violate these prohibitions now; there is no point simply for the sake of curiosity to enter a “terrible and sacred place” where angry gods live, the sons of the deity Ukher, who send strong winds and cast spells on visitors to their home. Shamanic spells still operate in our time; this is easy to verify by tracking the fate of people who violated the centuries-old ban and entered the gorge. Many of them died prematurely and suddenly. According to local customs, you cannot drive past this place without honoring the spirits of Ryty.

SHAMAN-STONE

At the source of the Angara River there is a rock protruding in the middle of the river. In ancient times, local residents of the Angara region endowed the Shaman Stone with miraculous powers. According to ancient beliefs, this was the habitat of the owner of the Angara - Ama Sagaan noyon. Particularly important shamanic rituals took place on the Shaman Stone, oaths were taken here and prayers were made in order to remove a false accusation or defend one’s honor; a criminal was brought here at night and left alone over a cold, freezing stream, so that by morning he would confess to his crime. If by morning , water didn’t take him, if he didn’t die from fear and the freezing breath of Lake Baikal, he was forgiven. Evidence of the veneration of the sacred stone is the bottom strewn with coins around the Shaman Stone.

CAPE KHOBOY

Cape Khoboy (in Buryat khoboy means “fang, molar”) is the northernmost cape on Olkhon Island. The spectacular columnar rock, reminiscent of a sharp fang in appearance, from the sea side, has a pronounced resemblance to the profile of a female head with a bust, as on ancient Greek galleys from the east and west.
The local name for the rock is Virgo. There is a Buryat legend, according to which this is a petrified Buryat woman who, out of envy of her husband, asked the Tengris for the same palace as the one granted to her husband. Tengrii with the words: “As long as there is evil and envy on earth, you will be a stone” - they turned it into a rock.
Cape Khoboy has now been chosen by various spiritual schools as a place of meditation. On its northern side, these “representatives” did not hesitate to leave a legacy, leaving in the most prominent place the Roerich sign - a red circle with three dots inside. But the true, hidden sign of the island is not this at all. As a symbol of shamanic legends on the northern edge of a monolithic rock, not visible from land and falling into the water, inaccessible to person height, two huge eagle nests are stacked in the crevices of the cape. According to Buryat legends, the first person to receive the shamanic gift was the son of the formidable master-spirit of Olkhon Island, who lived in the form of a bald eagle. The veneration of this bird as the spirit of the island has survived to this day.

Cape Khoboy is associated with a legend about a dragon, which, flying over the sacred lake, dropped its fang. Having fallen on Khoboy, a fang mythological animal went deep into the ground, leaving a characteristic mark on the outlines of the island. Some scholars suggest that this legend is associated with memories of the fall of a certain space body (possibly small meteorite), which happened many thousands of years ago. It was precisely such a local catastrophe that could have caused the strong geomagnetic activity manifested in this part of Olkhon. Parapsychologists who often visit Khoboy note a constant powerful release of astral energy in the area of the cape, which is associated with numerous cases of the appearance of ghostly substances here. Local residents claim that sometimes on the cape you can meet the spirits of your dead ancestors or even see your own previous incarnations. The spirit of the White shaman emerging from the waters of Lake Baikal became especially famous. It is believed that seeing a spirit is a sign of great luck.
The place is notable for the polyphonic echo that is reflected from the monolithic rock. Rare and relict herbs are found here. In winter, you can explore the grottoes, fabulously decorated with splashed ice and transparent icicles. They are located at the level of the water's edge, their entrances are oriented to the north. In the rocks, at water level, on the cape, there are grottoes up to 22 meters long; they can only be viewed in winter from the ice.

Baikal has fascinated many people for centuries. But, at the same time, not every person knows exactly what secrets and wonders this lake keeps. Many researchers who at one time tried to study the secrets of Lake Baikal note that over time there are not fewer of them, but, on the contrary, more and more.

Baikal is one of the most mysterious and mystical places on the ground. There is a very high density of zones that are anomalous from a physical point of view, a large number historical monuments and sacred places, which have been worshiped by the local population for many centuries. There are many secrets and incredible events associated with the lake, which do not always have a scientific explanation or are documented.

This review does not aim to confirm or refute the accuracy of media reports, eyewitness accounts, etc. This is a kind of encyclopedia of Baikal secrets and wonders. Which of them is true and which is the fruit of someone’s imagination, inspired by the beauty of Lake Baikal, is for the audience to judge.

Mirages

More than once during their lives, local residents, when going out on boats to fish, encountered realistic pictures depicting something that should not have been there. The most common mirages are castles, ancient ships and islands. Scientists explain this phenomenon simply: the deep waters of the lake never warm up, remaining cold even in the hot summer, and the air above the surface is warm, which creates resonance. Air layers of different densities refract the sun's rays, which is why pictures are formed. Locals call them "golomenitsa". This is a phenomenon on Lake Baikal in which it is possible to see objects on the horizon that are actually located 40 kilometers away.

Baikal ice presents scientists with many mysteries. Thus, in the 1930s, specialists from the Baikal Limnological Station discovered unusual forms of ice cover, characteristic only of Lake Baikal. For example, hills are cone-shaped ice hills up to 6 meters high, hollow inside. In appearance, they resemble ice tents, “open” in the direction opposite to the shore. The hills can be located separately, and sometimes form miniature “mountain ranges”.

Funnel

Not only mirages occur near Olkhon Island, but also an eerie funnel that forms spontaneously regardless of meteorological conditions. To see it, you need to move in southeast direction from the island, about 30 kilometers from it there is a place called the Devil's Funnel. A couple of times a year, it is here that, when there is complete calm, the elements begin to rage, forming a rotating column of water.

Scientists offer several versions of the causes of the phenomenon. One of them is based on the assumption of local dips in the bottom of Lake Baikal with the formation of cavities that quickly fill with water, which leads to the formation of a whirlpool on the surface.

According to another theory, it is at the point where the funnel is formed that a collision of two local countercurrents occurs. The directions and strength of these currents depend on the time of year and, so that under certain conditions the water flows move strictly towards each other. This interaction of countercurrents can indeed lead to very powerful whirlpools.

Witch circles

On the road to the salt lake Shara-Nur, 3 kilometers from the western coast of the island, you can encounter an interesting phenomenon - the mysterious Olkhon circles. They appear spontaneously in fields that have never seen arable land. There are no signs of trampling, on the contrary: along the border of a perfectly smooth circle, a strip of richer and taller grass appears - it is especially noticeable on usually dry areas of the ground. Mysterious crop circles are known to people different countries- they even came up with the name “witch circles” because, according to legend, they appear here because of the round dances of witches. Researchers have so far determined that the intensive growth of plants in rings is not associated with soil characteristics or underground water sources.

Rings on ice

Satellite photographs of Lake Baikal spring ice Sometimes you can see dark rings with a diameter of 5-7 kilometers. Such a ring was first seen in a satellite image taken in April 1999. The ring was located opposite Cape Krestovsky (not far from the village of Buguldeika). Presumably, the formation of circles is associated with emissions of natural flammable gas (methane) from the many kilometers of sedimentary layer of the bottom of Lake Baikal. In summer, in such places, bubbles rise from the depths to the surface, and in winter, “steam holes” with a diameter of half a meter to hundreds of meters are formed, where the ice is very thin or completely absent.

Dragon Fang

According to legend, one day a dragon flew over the lake and dropped its fang over the island of Olkhon. The fang fell on Cape Khoboy, pierced deep into the ground, leaving a clear imprint in it. Locals believe that this is their amulet. However, scientists are convinced that the depression was formed due to the fall of a cosmic body.

Glowing water

The glow of Baikal water was discovered by the leading researcher at the Irkutsk Institute of Physics and Technology, Viktor Dobrynin, back in 1982. Research shows that almost any water is a source of light. But, for example, distilled glows weakly. The one from the tap fades quickly. And the most intense glow is in Baikal. Here it can last a month. To catch light streams invisible to the eye, highly sensitive devices that were specially created are used. Studies have also shown that the glow of water is non-uniform and loses intensity at depth, and its brightness decreases from November to mid-January.

As you know, Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. The depth of its closest competing lakes is: Tanganyika (Africa) - 1435 m, Caspian Sea - 1025 m, Issyk-Kul - 702 m, Upper (America) - 393 m.

The vertical strata of the waters of the Holy Sea are more impressive, and therefore it is worth briefly talking about the history of their opening. Already in the 18th century, P. Pallas tried more than once to reach the bottom of the reservoir, but the 200-meter long rope turned out to be short. In 1778, employees of the Altai Kolyvan-Voskresensky factories, exploring the waterway from Nerchinsk to Barnaul, made 28 measurements between Selenga and Angara. One mark reached 1238 meters.

In the Barguzin Bay in 1837, the exiled Decembrist, former lieutenant of the Guards crew M. Kuchelbecker, took measurements. After 22 years, in connection with the planned laying of a telegraph cable along the bottom of the lake, measurements were taken by Lieutenant K. Kononov in the south of the lake. He had a thousand ropes and a lot weighing a pound. Not far from Listvyanka, the sailors measured 802 fathoms. The foundations of scientific research into the depths and underwater relief of a reservoir were laid by Polish rebels Benedikt Dybowski and Victor Godlewski. In 1870 they were awarded gold medal Russian Geographical Society. The depth gauge they invented, having modernized it, is still used to this day. It is especially reliable in winter, when working from ice.

In the 30s of the 20th century, an expedition on the boat “B. Dybovsky” found a depth of 1741 meters near Olkhon. Alas, repeated measurements did not confirm the figure. A detailed survey of the bottom in 1962 was carried out by employees of the Limnological Institute. A cable haul from the ice recorded a depth of 1620 meters. This is in the depression between capes Khara-Khushun and Izhimei, at the foot of the Olkhon underwater slope, ten kilometers east of the coast. Echo sounding measurements were clarified by making corrections for the speed of sound in water. So it turned out to be 1637. True, the Americans noted a depth of 1710 meters, but the result requires verification: overseas specialists used a marine device for salt water...

Descents of divers - scientists and practitioners - into the depths of Lake Baikal are today considered a completely natural phenomenon. Their purpose can be mainly differentiated in three areas: a) technical assistance (repair of underwater parts of ships, search for sunken vehicles, etc.); b) study of underwater flora and fauna and those natural processes that occur in the depths; c) study of “residues” cultural life and the life of ancient peoples who found themselves under water. The latter direction is especially young, and its prospects are undoubted. A story about one of the scientific expeditions in 1988, which for the first time on Baikal was engaged in underwater archaeological research, is appropriate here. For this purpose, we use materials prepared by its head, Candidate of Historical Sciences A.V. Tivanenko.

In a series of articles in the newspaper “Pravda Buryatii” (December 1989), he makes an attempt to explain why on the shores of Lake Baikal there are so few or practically no settlements of people who explored the taiga spaces of Siberia tens of thousands of years ago. It was once suggested that these sites sank to the bottom, since the process of flooding of low-lying areas of the coast continues in our time. This idea received support from experts, but it needed factual materials.

The venue for the first underwater diving on Lake Baikal archaeological research Chivyrkuisky Bay was chosen. First of all, because literally in recent years all the settlements here have gone under water ancient man, discovered by Irkutsk archaeologist V.V. Svinin and other scientists. At one time, this fact was explained by the general rise in the level of Lake Baikal in connection with the construction of a cascade of Angara hydroelectric power stations. Nowadays, the original level of Baikal has returned to normal, but the former settlements not only have not been drained, but others continue to remain at depths of up to 2 meters or more. In the flooded turf and on the former wave-breaking terraces, members of the expedition recovered fragments of pottery, stone tools, bronze and iron objects. On Baklanem Island, the territory of the ancient settlement went to depths of up to 4 meters and extended to a distance of up to 100 meters from the modern shore.

A flight around the bay showed that in many places the bottom was clearly visible, indicating the presence of shallow waters. First of all, the participants were convinced that the islands of the bay are connected to the mainland by shallows. This means that in ancient times these shallows represented low-lying land. As soon as the Baikal water level increases by a meter, this cape turns into another island of Baikal.”

Research in the area of Chivyrkuisky Bay under the leadership of A.V. Tivanenko showed that the idea of the Baikal Atlantis (Baikalida) is receiving the first factual confirmation. However, it should be recognized that four to five weapons are not yet enough for the hypothesis to gain the right to life. At least until the moment when an ancient cultural layer is discovered at the bottom of Lake Baikal, and not isolated isolated finds. Nevertheless, the fact of the discovery of Paleolithic-looking tools of ancient man is of great scientific interest.

A helicopter flight over the land areas between the Barguzinsky and Chivyrkuisky bays made it possible to observe the strange linear arrangement of trees, stones and some ditches. This fact can be explained, perhaps, only by the fact that one day, during a rapid rise of the bottom, huge masses of water subsided from the newly formed land. Observation of the rolling of a breaking wave from a gently sloping sandy shore showed a similar mechanism for the formation of linear grooves and ridges of stones. It is interesting and important at the same time that underwater anomalous (or maybe, on the contrary, normal) phenomena have not been truly studied by anyone and their secrets are still waiting for their researchers.

In the 70s of the 20th century, underwater exploration of Lake Baikal continued. "Pysis" - a deep-sea vehicle, which, under the control of specialists from the Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, was lucky enough to visit the bottom of Lake Baikal - is a clearly international product. Two such devices, “Pysis-7” and “Pysis-11,” were purchased from the Canadian company “Hydrodynamics Company,” or simply “Haino,” which built them for different customers. But the Pysis-7 body was manufactured at the Sulzer company in Switzerland, and the device was assembled here, and not in Vancouver, as was usually done. The problem was testing the apparatus, since there was no body of water nearby with suitable depths for carrying out the relevant operations. This problem was solved here in Europe: after assembly, the device was transported to Genoa for testing.

In July 1977, two underwater vehicles “Paisis-7” and “Paisis-11” began their descent into the waters of Lake Baikal. The following programs were included in the tasks of Paisis:

"Rift" - searching for traces of tectonic movements,

“Precambrian” - study of the structure of the western “side” of the Baikal depression,

“Lithodynamics” - observation of layers of bottom sediments,

“Biology” - observation of the behavior, species composition of biological objects,

“Hydrophysics” - measurement of water temperature, current speed, speed of sound distribution, oxygen content in water and its salinity.

The very name of the programs indicates that the relevant research had and has not only scientific, but also economic significance. And this is proven by the activities of the first “Paysis”.

The economic and scientific importance of underwater research was very well stated by the American astronaut Scott Carpenter, who, after flying on the Gemini spacecraft, lived and worked in the ocean in the underwater laboratory “Silab-2” at a depth of 66 meters for a month. “According to the most conservative estimates, at the bottom there are simply immeasurable riches in the form of diamonds, gold, copper, manganese, oil, fresh water, pearls and even pirate treasures. The paradox is that these riches lie some three hundred meters from the dance floor of a floating luxury liner, but, given the level of technological development, getting to them is more difficult than exploring the far side of the Moon, 240,000 miles away from us. Great discoveries await us wherever we direct our searches, but the most obvious ones lie ahead for us to make under water” (200, p. 4). As if strengthening and expanding this point of view in scientific research terms, the daughter of Professor Kozhov M.M., Doctor of Science, Professor of Irkutsk University Olga Kozhova, immediately after her descent into the water on Paisis, told her colleagues: “Some provisions of the biological science of Baikal will have to be reconsider!” (159, p.227).

As real example One example of the “hidden” treasures of Lake Baikal is when in January 1869, not far from the village of Kultuk at Cape Shamansky, a postal carriage containing over ten leather bags with silver coins was sunk. Due to the complexity of the conditions for returning wealth from the bottom of the lake, this “treasure” has not yet been found, so there are good prospects for treasure hunters in the depths of the sacred sea.

In 1992, the underwater autonomous vehicle "Pysis" reached the most significant depth on Lake Baikal - 1637 meters. But what is most interesting is that the famous traveler Nikolai Drozdov descended to a more significant (and non-existent) depth on the lake, who in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper literally said the following: “We had the most unique shooting at the bottom of Lake Baikal. I myself descended twice in a bathyscaphe-type underwater vehicle to a depth of 1,700 meters. It’s dark, the temperature outside is only plus four degrees, it’s freezing cold. But interesting. Unique crustaceans and mollusks" (KP, 07/17/2002). In this case, the “magnitude” of the underwater descent somehow reflects the “depth” of the gift of some of our unique and gifted individuals to emphasize their own meaning. And there is nothing wrong with that when a beautiful fiction also works for the image of Baikal.

Today's study underwater world Baikal is possible through a popular sport (or recreation) - diving, scuba diving. Children from the age of ten can also dive safely with the help of adults. Apparently, the time is not too far off when various competitions in specific areas of diving will become commonplace on Lake Baikal.

Concluding a rather short conversation about water resources Lake Baikal, the life activity associated with them and even funny incidents, we will express the opinion on the need to form a reverent and reverent attitude towards this natural wealth. In the context of increasing water scarcity in the world, such an approach can help establish traditions of everyday concern for water conservation. By the way, there are many historical and modern examples of this kind in world practice. One of them is associated with the English national park Tick District: even a kind of cult of springs arose here. The ritual of decorating wells, which has existed for many centuries among the local population, is one of the attractions of the National Park. A flat rectangular shape measuring approximately 0.5 m by 1.5 m is filled with a thin layer of soft chalk. The chalk is leveled, and then flower petals, pine needles, pieces of bark, in a word, something natural are pressed into it. The result is either an ornament, sometimes complex, or a whole picture, which is installed in front of the well, and the well is consecrated. Such a sacred attitude towards water is a sign of people’s gratitude to water as a healer. Authors date the origin of this custom in different ways. Some say 1350, when the residents of Tissington, a small village in the southernmost part of what is now the park, believed that the Black Death (plague) had spared them only due to the exceptional purity of the water they drank. Others point to 1615, when Tissington's wells did not dry out despite the drought.

Such a reverent attitude towards water sources today, more than ever, should characterize the psychology of the Baikal resident. And only through him can the rule “Let the sacred waters of Lake Baikal never dry up” come to life. At the same time, today we cannot avoid the question of the commercial importance of Baikal water for the whole world. Experts give this interesting fact: China, if allowed, would extend a “water” pipe from Lake Baikal from Siberia instead of an oil one. And I would pay as much as they say. These points prompt economists to make appropriate calculations. Someone even calculated the total cost of Baikal water, which is represented by a rather astronomical amount: 231,015 US dollars (15, p.6). Expert estimates of the potential of the project for large-scale bottling or pipeline transportation of Baikal water amount to up to $300 billion in revenue per year and up to $50 billion per year in budgetary effect. This potential may be in demand by Asian countries in the coming years and will be exploited for hundreds of years. Pollution of Lake Baikal completely eliminates these projects and leads to lost benefits in the amount of 30 trillion US dollars, to the loss of the most important factor in maintaining the health of the bulk of the planet's population. Due to such mismanagement and disregard for the interests of the people, Russia's international prestige will decline. This, in turn, will affect economic development prospects due to Russia’s failure to fulfill its obligations to preserve the area of all peaceful natural heritage Lake Baikal.

Travelers from Nizhny Novgorod Valentin Efremov and Vladimir Isaychev safely crossed Lake Baikal in a hot air balloon on September 10. However, this expedition was intended not only to establish new record and get into the Guinness Book of Records. The researchers wanted to visit the very center of the so-called Baikal " Bermuda Triangle" This place, where several winds converge, has a sad reputation - fishermen often disappeared and died there, and even a helicopter crashed.

An hour and a half after the start of the journey balloon really got into a zone of strong turbulence at an altitude of about 3.5 kilometers. According to the researchers themselves, it was like a collision with an invisible wall, and the ball began to rise upward, twisting strongly. Only at an altitude of five kilometers did his position stabilize and the flight continued. It is worth noting that at the same time all instruments except the altimeter failed, and the radio failed. No more extraordinary incidents occurred, with the exception of a hard landing.

It is curious that about 100 years ago, military pilots tried to cross Baikal, but due to severe turbulence they were forced to return. For the same reason, two years ago a helicopter died - it hit an invisible barrier and crashed down.

There is also information that back in Soviet times, a group of scuba divers dived in the center of the lake, and at a 50-meter depth, the submariners discovered a three-meter white statue. However, when they tried to touch it, people were forcefully thrown to the surface and died from a sharp pressure drop.

Baikal. Legends of the Great Lake

The film consists of 3 parts:

1. Popular science film “At the Edge of the Enchanting Abyss.”

Among the snow-capped ridges on the very outskirts of Northern Asia lies this huge freshwater lake. Ancient. Clean. The deepest thing in the world. Most beautiful. One of the greatest lakes on the planet, the cradle of many tribes and peoples of antiquity, stretches across the surface of the earth for 636 kilometers!
In this film you will see the crystal splendor of coastal grottoes and the icy shell of winter waters; rocky underwater slopes; glacial landforms in the Barguzin highlands; mountain lakes, streams and waterfalls; ornaments of geological miniatures; picturesque bays of Chivyrkuisky and Barguzinsky; Small Sea Strait; the largest island on Baikal, Olkhon; Peschanaya Bay; Svyatoy Nos Peninsula; the protected archipelago of the Ushkany Islands; a bird's eye view of the source of the Angara - the only river flowing from Lake Baikal; lagoon lakes on capes; freshwater seal rookeries; wapiti; moose; bear; herring gulls; omul; a sessile animal of underwater coasts - the Lyubomirsky Baikal sponge; wild flowers; Baikal from space.

2. Popular science film " Animal world Baikal coasts and mountains."

Lake Baikal is amazing creation nature. Located in a huge stone bowl, almost in the center of Asia, the lake stretches from north to southwest for 636 km in the form of a giant crescent. It is the deepest lake on the globe. But in addition, Baikal is unique in its natural features. Film 2 will introduce you closer to the unique and enchanting in its beauty flora coastal zone of the great lake.

3. Popular science film “Wild flowers of the Baikal coasts and mountains.”

In the new fascinating and in its own way exquisite film of the Irkutsk Scientific and Educational Center you will see the only freshwater seal in the world - the Baikal seal; a family of brown bears feeding on insects; a group of wapiti near a lagoon lake; a colony of cute long-tailed gophers; the mysterious inhabitants of the Baikal highlands - black-capped marmots; the most numerous representatives of the squirrel family in the Baikal forests - the chipmunk and the squirrel; poisonous but peaceful copperheads; rare birds of prey; snow-white swans; nesting gull in the swamps of the Svyatonossky Isthmus; herring gulls; butterflies: peacock eye, hawthorn, mother-of-pearl, swallowtail; Zhukov; a dragonfly that lays eggs on aquatic plants; as well as the massive flight of the beautiful Baikalina caddisfly.
Rare footage wildlife Lake Baikal were filmed in the Baikal-Lensky and Barguzinsky reserves, Transbaikalsky and Pribaikalsky national parks.

Lake Baikal is known not only for its beautiful view and depth, but also as one of the most mysterious and mysterious places on earth. Since ancient times, the local population worshiped shamanic spirits and made sacrifices for them. Inside the post you will get acquainted with these legendary places and find out how to get to them.

CAPE RYTYY

There are no trees and no settlements on the cape, single boats sail past without moistening to the shore, there is no road reaching this place, and there is not even a path along the coast. For unknown reasons, a taboo was imposed on visiting the cape by the local population, and this ban still applies in our time. Residents studiously avoid visiting it, calling it a cursed place, but when they talk, they can tell many mysterious stories associated with this sacred area. It is worth adding that this cape is part of the territory of the Baikal-Lena Nature Reserve, and in order to land here, you need special permission from the administration. The reserve regime, combined with local shamanic prohibitions on visiting the sacred cape, did their job: only rare individuals dare to go deep into the gorge, and their stories about the mysteries of Ryty turned it into the main anomalous place on Lake Baikal. In recent years, many legends have been formed around this area. Branch fault of the river gorge. Rita has anomalous features, and since ancient times, visiting it has been taboo by local residents. There are no big reasons to violate these prohibitions now; there is no point simply for the sake of curiosity to enter a “terrible and sacred place” where angry gods live, the sons of the deity Ukher, who send strong winds and cast spells on visitors to their home. Shamanic spells still operate in our time; this is easy to verify by tracking the fate of people who violated the centuries-old ban and entered the gorge. Many of them died prematurely and suddenly. According to local customs, you cannot drive past this place without honoring the spirits of Ryty.

CAPE KHOBOY

Cape Khoboy (in Buryat khoboy - “fang, molar”) is the northernmost cape on Olkhon Island. The spectacular columnar rock, reminiscent of a sharp fang in appearance, from the sea side, has a pronounced resemblance to the profile of a female head with a bust, as on ancient Greek galleys from the east and west.

The local name for the rock is Virgo. There is a Buryat legend, according to which this is a petrified Buryat woman who, out of envy of her husband, asked the Tengris for the same palace as the one granted to her husband. Tengri, with the words: “As long as there is evil and envy on earth, you will be a stone,” turned it into a rock.

Cape Khoboy has now been chosen by various spiritual schools as a place of meditation. On its northern side, these “representatives” did not hesitate to leave a legacy, leaving in the most prominent place the Roerich sign - a red circle with three dots inside. But the true, hidden sign of the island is not this at all. As a symbol of shamanic legends, on the northern edge of the monolithic rock, not visible from land and falling into the water, at a height inaccessible to humans, two huge eagle nests are stacked in the crevices of the cape. According to Buryat legends, the first person to receive the shamanic gift was the son of the formidable master-spirit of Olkhon Island, who lived in the form of a bald eagle. The veneration of this bird as the spirit of the island has survived to this day.

The place is notable for the polyphonic echo that is reflected from the monolithic rock. Rare and relict herbs are found here. In winter, you can explore the grottoes, fabulously decorated with splashed ice and transparent icicles. They are located at the level of the water's edge, their entrances are oriented to the north. In the rocks, at water level, on the cape, there are grottoes up to 22 meters long; they can only be viewed in winter from the ice.

A cave runs right through the Shamanka rock. By the standards of speleologists, it is not that big: it is about 12 meters long, up to 4.5 meters wide, and in some places 6.5 meters high. However, it was this cave that became the center of cult worship.

The Buryats were sure that Ezhin, the owner of Baikal, lived in the cave of the Shaman Rock. Ancient legends tell about 13 northern noyons - the sons of the divine Tengris, who descended from heaven to judge people and chose different places of residence. The eldest and strongest of them, Khan Khute-baabay, settled in the cave of the Shaman Rock.

According to the words of the Buryat shaman Weirbek, it is known that at Cape Bogatyr it is customary to perform rituals associated with the spell of the elements of power: fire, wind and water. Until the first quarter of the 20th century, it was customary among the leaders and elders of local tribes and villages to bring newborn male babies to the Cape. It was believed that once in this place, the future leader or warrior acquired special physical and spiritual strength and received longevity.

Local legends say: once upon a time in these parts there lived a brave hero who angered the evil spirit Erkin by not giving him his beautiful sister as his wife. As punishment, the evil spirit turned the hero into a huge snake, commanding him to live forever in the waters of the lake and feed on lake carrion and human flesh. It is believed that this is why the bodies of drowned people are never found in Shara-Nur - they are eaten by Shara-Kaaya. True, according to scientists, Shara-Nur, located more than 100 meters above sea level, is connected to Baikal by a network of underground tunnels, through which the bodies of drowned people escape along with the flowing water. However, even today, local hunters and fishermen claim that they sometimes hear sounds coming from the muddy waters, similar to the growl of an unknown giant creature.

The highest mountain on the territory of the Agin Buryat National District - Alkhanay (1665 m) - is associated with the history of Buddhism and the name of Genghis Khan.
This is one of the Buddhist shrines of the Buryats. At its base is the Temple of the Greater Good. One of the interesting things here is a natural grotto, in the arch of which there is a crack that goes deep into the rock, and water oozes out of it, which is considered healing. Believers drink water and make offerings of grain or coins.

Astrological calculations of Buddhist monks showed that this particular peak is the place where people visit the middle world, the world of the Most High, where the gods live. And the main patron of the highest point of Alkhanaya is the deity Demchog - one of the five main Buddhas, whose name translated from Tibetan means Eternal Good.

GENGISH KHAN'S TABLE

On the north side there is a “stone chair” measuring 3x1.5 m. A revered place for Buddhist and shamanic rituals by local residents.

The word “sheree” is very important: it is not just a table, but a throne.

WHITE MOUNTAIN

The height of the mountain is 170 m. It is composed of light gray dolomites, and therefore appears white from a distance. The steep southwestern slope is completely devoid of soil and vegetation. The upper part is decorated with a number of steep, bizarre rock outcrops in the form of towers, pyramids, and pillars.
White Mountain has the status of a sacred place. Since ancient times, prayer rituals have been performed here with sacrifices intended for the majestic and omnipotent spirit of the mountain.

MOUNTAIN PRESS

Zhima is the highest point of Olkhon, a mountain 1276 meters high above sea level. It is located in the east of the island, on Cape Izhimei.
“Izhimei” has its roots in the word “ezhin,” meaning “master of the area.” The shamanic mythology of the ancients speaks of the god of thunder, the offspring of the Divine Sky itself, who wished to live near the famous Olkhon shaman Nagre-bo. Later, the palace of Mount Zhima passed to a couple of shamans, Ugete-noyon moved closer to the water's edge.

The aborigines honor the mountain and treat it as a shrine. According to legend, gods and spirits lived on Zhima. The top of the mountain was previously crowned by a hut made of wood; there was also a pine hut created by the hands of Olkhon shamans. The embodiment of the spirit of the mountain is a gray-haired and bearded old man. Local residents often told stories about lost travelers who were helped to reach people by an ancient elder.

The ascent and descent of the mountain will take all day, and the trail as such simply does not exist. You will have to walk, picking your way through dense forests and there will be no sources of water on the way. Therefore, it is worth taking the life-giving moisture with you.

BULL MOUNTAIN (BUKHA-NOYONOY-KHEBETSHE - SACRED MOUNTAIN)

A mountain near the village of Tory, Tunkinsky district of Buryatia, north of the Irkut River. Associated with the cult of the sacred ancestor of the representatives of the Buryat tribal union of Bulagats Bukha Noyon - an earthly deity, patron of the elements of earth and pastures, cattle breeding. The cult of Bukh Noyon was later adopted by the Hongodors. Currently, all Tunka Buryats perform shamanic and Buddhist rituals at this place.

MOUNTAIN EHE-YORD

Mount Ekhe-Yord is located on the same straight line from the Malaya Erdinskaya Hill to the sacred mountain on the shore of Lake Baikal; opposite these two hills, on the rocks on the left side of the Anga River valley, rock paintings depicting animals are well preserved. The antiquity of the drawings is also evidenced by the fact that the lower ones are covered with sedimentary rocks. Ancient drawings include a large number of images of running deer and drawings of horned people.

Here, starting in 2000, after a break of a hundred years, the Festival of the Indigenous Peoples of Baikal (Erdyn Games) is held every four years. Oral traditions about the games were preserved mainly by the Olkhon Buryats. Generalized information about them is as follows. Games were held either once a year, in the spring, in May, when the ground was covered with fresh greenery, or twice a year, in spring and autumn. The main event at the games is the multi-day circular dance Ekhor around the Ekhe Erd hill. To cover the entire perimeter of the hill with dancers, you must have at least 700 participants. When so many people did not gather for the festivities, the games were considered unsuccessful, and those who came left. In accordance with this, and in general, the year was considered unsuccessful, not bringing happiness and benefits to people. When a lot of people gathered, up to 2 - 3 thousand people, the games took place for several days, and the Ekhor dance was danced around the hills both day and night, and during the holiday the dancers wore out several pairs of shoes. During the holiday, only shamans climbed to the top of Mount Erd; no one else had such a right.

HOW TO GET THERE

You can get to Lake Olkhon from Irkutsk by car along the Kachugsky tract.
By car: along the Kachugsky tract from Irkutsk through the settlements Oyok, Ust-Ordynsky, Bayandai, Oblique Steppe, Elantsy, Sakhyurte (MRS). The distance to the ferry crossing in the village of Sakhyurte is 250 km along an asphalt road. The ferry service operates daily from 7:30 am to 10:00 pm with an interval of 30 minutes from May to October. From the crossing to the village of Khuzhir, an improved gravel road with a length of 45 km has been laid.
By bus: from May to October to the village. Khuzhir (Olkhon Island) has a regular bus service via the ferry crossing. Departure from Irkutsk daily at 10.00 from the bus station (Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsii str., 11 Bus Station stop, tram No. 4). Travel time 8 hours. In the opposite direction from Khuzhir the bus departs at 8:45 a.m.
By water: you can get to the village of Khuzhir from Irkutsk on the ship “Barguzin”. Departure in the summer (from mid-June) daily at 9.00 from the Raketa pier in the Solnechny microdistrict (Raketa stop, bus No. 16). Travel time 6 hours.

The sacred place Mount Bull is located in the picturesque Tunkinskaya Valley near the village of Tory. The distance from Irkutsk to this sacred place is about 180 km. The foot of the mountain can be reached by car and then the ascent will take no more than 1.5 hours.

The most popular and famous place of power among tourists is Shaman Stone, located at the source of the Angara near the village of Listvyanka.

In addition to natural ones, in the Baikal region there are a large number of Buddhist and shamanic places of power (datsans, stupas, obos), which require a separate description.

Read the secrets of Baikal. Mysterious and mystical sights of Lake Baikal. Dragon Fang or Cape Khoboy

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