Small village (ca. 300 inhabitants), along the south shore of Barguzin Bay,
along the eastern shore (Buryat side) of Lake Baikal
View from Maksimikha towards Mt. Markov (1878m) and the peninsula Svyatoy Nos (“Holy Nose”).
In Buryat: Hikmen Hushun (“sturgeon’s muzzle”)
Barguzin Bay
Barguzin Bay and Maksimikha
Barguzin Bay
Maksimikha
View from Maksimikha towards Mt. Markov (1878m) and the peninsula Svyatoy Nos (“Holy Nose”).
In Buryat: Hikmen Hushun (“sturgeon’s muzzle”)
Sculpture “Ezhymni”, “my mother” in Buryat
Chivyrkuyskiy Bay
Chivyrkuyskiy Bay and Svyatoy Nos
Zmeyovaya Bay and Svyatoy Nos
Seagulls, Chivyrkuyskiy Bay
Chivyrkuyskiy Bay from Svyatoy Nos
Wooden sculptures, Svyatoy Nos
Svyatoy Nos and Barguzin Bay
Lake along the isthmus towards Peninsula Svyatoy Nos
Zmeyovaya Bay
Chivyrkuyskiy Bay
Wooden sculpture, Barguzin Bay
Lake along the isthmus towards Peninsula Svyatoy Nos
Cathedral of the Apparition of God (Sobor Bogoyavleniya), Irkutsk
Mural sculpture near Irkutsk Railway Station
Spasskaya Church, Irkutsk
Tomb of Grigori Shelikhov (Russian explorer and fur trader,
establishing Russian America (current Alaska)) in Znamenskiy Monastery, Irkutsk
“Babr” catching “bobr”. “Babr” is a mythological animal on the coat of arms of Irkutsk,
in between a beaver (“bobr” in Russian) and a tiger
Taltsy open air museum, near Irkutsk. Fortress “Ilymskiy Ostrog”
In hostel “Dobriy Kot” (the good cat), Irkutsk
Synagogue, Irkutsk
Villa of the Volkonskiy family (in 1825 some members of the most influential families in Russia were banned to Siberia.
Their presence led to a cultural flowering in Irkutsk)
Glass windows along Prospekt K. Marx, Irkutsk
Ulitsa Uritskogo, Irkutsk
Synagogue, Irkutsk
Cathedral of the Apparition of God (Sobor Bogoyavleniya), Irkutsk
Krestodvizhenskaya church, Irkutsk
Angara River, Irkutsk
Spasskaya Church, Irkutsk
Taltsy open air museum, near Irkutsk
Angara River, Taltsy open air museum