I simply have no words to express the joy and pleasure experienced by me, when I discovered the southern part of Lake Baikal... This area is awfully interesting for a geologist.
Professor Daniel Demeff, Belgium.
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The Geologist’s Day has been celebrated on the first Sunday of April in Russia and some other countries since 1966. The date was not chosen accidentally: the end of winter marks the beginning of the preparation for summer fieldwork and expeditions for everyone working in this sphere.
The geology of Baikal is unusual and incredibly interesting for any branch of this science - mineralogical, petrological, tectonic or geomorphological. Scientists from all over the world come to the lake. “Baikal is a mineralogical paradise to the envy of all geologists of the world,” as the Head of the Geological Service Mali I. Traore said.
The stone chronicles of Lake Baikal contain almost the full history of the planet Earth, from the oldest “nuclear” stages to the events of “modern” geological time, for those who can read them.
I simply have no words to express the joy and pleasure experienced by me, when I discovered the southern part of Lake Baikal... This area is awfully interesting for a geologist.
Professor Daniel Demeff, Belgium.
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Academician Okladnikov believed that the name of the Kika River (with the emphasis on the second syllable) was derived from the Turkic “green river”. This is the name of one of 336 rivers flowing into Lake Baikal.
Why should one remember about an ordinary hare - the animal with the nickname “squint-eye” that is considered a coward?
A specially protected natural monument of regional significance – “Anglichanka” Rock – is situat-ed in Selenginsky district of Buryatia. Now it is known as an observation deck with a picturesque view of the Selenga and Spassky Cathedral dated by the 18th century. However, in 1818-1841, Protestant preachers lived here. Key to Baikal explored how the life of the missionaries was con-nected with the rock, what kind of girl was wandering around it and what the London missionary society had to do with it.
The name of the valley originated from local “Bargut” which means “outskirts, wilderness”. It was a name of Mongolian tribe that used to inhabit the valley.
