The Republic of Buryatia is located in Eastern Siberia. Buryatia is
very interesting for its history and culture. Its territory combines two
traditions - Eastern and European, each of which is unique. In Buryatia,
these traditions are tightly intertwined, as are the fates of the
peoples who consider this land their ancestral home and who came here
from other places. The Buryat lands remember the great nomads of the
Xiongnu, the powerful warriors of Genghis Khan, and the brave defenders
of the borders of Russia - the Transbaikal Cossacks.
In Buryatia,
the cultural values of the Mongolian world, to which it has always
belonged, have been preserved, while many values were born precisely on
Buryat soil. This remained in the consciousness of the people, their way
of life, and art. Thanks to this, a special attitude towards the past
has been preserved here, which has not gone away without a trace; many
of its features have become modern.
Western Buryatia
Okinsky district, Tunkinsky district
Here are
the historical settlements of Tunka and Arshan.
Northern Buryatia
Severo-Baikalsky district, Muisky district, Bauntovsky Evenki district,
Kurumkansky district, Barguzinsky district
Here are the historical
settlements of Barguzin and Ust-Barguzin.
Eastern Buryatia
Eravninsky district, Khorinsky district, Kizhinginsky district
Here
is the historical settlement of Khorinsk.
Southern Buryatia
Zakamensky district, Dzhidinsky district, Kyakhtinsky district,
Bichursky district, Selenginsky district, Mukhorshibirsky district
Here are the historical settlements of Kyakhta and Novoselenginsk.
Eastern Baikal region
Pribaikalsky district, Kabansky district
Here are the historical settlements of Goryachinsk, Ilyinka, Troitskoye,
Kabansk, Posolskoye, Babushkin.
Central Buryatia
Ivolginsky
district, Tarbagataisky district, Zaigraevsky district
Here are the
historical settlements of Tarbagatai, New Bryan, Narin-Atsagat.
Ulan-Ude
Arshan
Baikalsky Nature Reserve
Barguzin Nature
Reserve
Dzherginsky Nature Reserve
Gusinoozyorsk
Khoyto-Gol
Kyakhta
Ivolginsky
Datsan
Lake Baikal
Orlik
Severobaikalsk
Tarbagatai
Olkhon
Tunkinsky
National Park
Zabaykalsky National Park
Zhemchug
Buryatia is located in the very center of Asia, on the eastern coast
of Lake Baikal, next to Mongolia.
It borders on Tyva in the west,
Irkutsk region in the north-west, and Trans-Baikal Territory in the
east. It has a federal border with Mongolia in the south.
The
distance by rail from the capital of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, to Moscow is
5519 km, to the Pacific Ocean - 3500 km, to Lake Baikal - 130 km, to the
border with Mongolia - 234 km.
The area of Buryatia is 351.3
thousand km². For comparison: four Austrias or seventeen Israels will
fit within the borders of the republic.
There are many amazing
and unique places in Buryatia. All the landscapes of Eurasia are found
here: mountains, taiga, steppes, tundra, desert, plain. Having visited
these places, the famous Russian writer A.P. Chekhov described Buryatia
this way: “The Selenga is sheer beauty, in Transbaikalia I found
everything I wanted: the Caucasus, and the Psla Valley, and the
Zvenigorod district, and the Don. During the day you gallop across the
Caucasus, at night along the Don steppe, and in the morning you wake up
from your slumber, and lo and behold, it’s already the Poltava province,
and so on for the whole thousand miles.”
Nature has generously
rewarded Buryatia with healing resources. There are 303 mineral springs
and 55 mineral lakes located in different regions in the republic. Local
residents call the water sources “arshans,” which translated from the
Buryat language means “healing water.” Arshans are revered as sacred
places.
Buryatia is a sunny republic; the sun shines here up to
300 days a year, which is more than in any other region of Russia and
comparable to Central Asia. Also here is the highest purity and
transparency of the air - from a height of 9 thousand meters the area is
clearly visible for tens of kilometers around, which is also not the
case in all other regions of the Russian Federation.
The climate
in the republic is sharply continental, winters are dry and cold,
summers are short and hot. The average temperature in winter is -22°C,
in summer +18.5°C.
Buryatia is the highest mountainous region in
Russia. Not in the sense that there are high mountains, but in the fact
that the area is located quite high from sea level. For example,
Ulan-Ude is located at an altitude of 500 to 650 meters, Lake Baikal is
at an altitude of approx. 400 meters.
According to the 2010 census, the permanent population of Buryatia
was 963.5 thousand people. The population density is three people per
square kilometer. 60% of people live in cities. National composition:
65% - Russians, 30% - Buryats. The indigenous inhabitants of the
republic are Buryats, Soyots, Evenks.
In Buryatia, Buddhism,
shamanism, Orthodoxy and Old Believers coexist peacefully.
Buryatia is the center of Russian Buddhism. In the main Buddhist temple
of the country, the Ivolginsky Datsan, is the residence of the head of
the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia, Pandito Khambo Lama Damba
Ayusheev. Here is also the largest university in the country, Dashi
Choynkhorlin, where future clergymen comprehend the basics of Buddhist
philosophy, study oriental medicine, ethnography, Tibetan, Old Mongolian
and Buryat languages, as well as iconography, the basics of tantrism and
meditation.
Of great interest is the phenomenon of Pandito
Khambo-Lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov, who 80 years ago went into nirvana
and is still in a meditation pose. As many scientific studies have
shown, the Lama's brain and body correspond in physical characteristics
to the state of a living organism. Scientists believe that Lama's body
is in a state unknown to science. People from all over the world make
pilgrimages to the body and spirit of the Lama, believing that touching
the great Lama has miraculous powers.
Lake Baikal
Arshan is a large climatic and balneological resort at
the foot of the Eastern Sayan Mountains.
Bichura is the largest semey
village in Transbaikalia
Nilova Pustyn - resort in the Tunkinskaya
Valley
Zhemchug - a resort village in the Tunkinskaya Valley
Mondy
- automobile border crossing into Mongolia
Orlik: Zhoygan,
Khoyto-Gol, valley of volcanoes, Sailag waterfall, Nuhu-Daban, Geser
Temple
Maksimikha is one of the most beautiful and interesting places
on the Baikal coast: Barguzinsky and Chivyrkuisky bays
Enkhaluk is a
popular holiday destination on the southeastern shore of Lake Baikal
with golden beaches and warm water
Goryachinsk is a popular resort on
the shores of Lake Baikal, created in 1751.
Tarbagatai and Novaya
Bryansk are the old Russian culture of Semeisk (Old Believers),
recognized by UNESCO as a masterpiece of the oral and intangible
heritage of humanity.
Peter and Paul Fortress: Sartul-Gegetuisky
datsan, Atagan-Dyrestuisky datsan, Tabangut-Ichetuysky datsan,
Sartuul-Bulagsky datsan, Sarbaduy cave, Burin-Khan, Lake Tagley, Mount
Kharaty, Borgoysky reserve
Sosnovo-Ozerskoye: Egituisky datsan,
Eravny lakes, Maraktinskaya valley, poetic rock garden
Barguzin:
Barguzin datsan, goddess Yanzhima, Suva castle
Kurumkan: mineral
springs Alla, Kucheger, Umkhey, Garga, Buksyken, Mount Baragkhan
Bagdarin: Baunt resort, White Mountain, Dolganskaya Yama cave, extinct
volcanoes
Taximo: Vitim River (Ugryum River), Muyskaya Valley,
Severomuysky Tunnel, Paramskaya Cave, Zolotoe Plateau
Naushki -
railway border crossing to Mongolia
Zarubino is a village on the
border with Mongolia, rich in archaeological monuments of the Xiongnu
era.
Ivolginsk is the administrative center of the Ivolginsky
district
Khorinsk - village
Kijinga - village
Nizhneangarsk is
an urban-type settlement
Taksimo is an urban village
Transbaikal National Park is the most interesting place on the eastern
shore of Lake Baikal. Here the mountains rise above the lake by almost
one and a half thousand meters, and if you climb onto the Holy Nose
plateau (which not everyone can do!), you will see a panorama of rare
beauty. The views from the water are no worse: the Chivyrkuisky Bay,
surrounded by mountains, is rightfully considered one of the most
picturesque places of the lake, and on the Ushkany Islands you can see
the famous Baikal seal.
The Tunkinskaya Valley goes west of Lake
Baikal, crashing into the Eastern Sayan massif. Here is the Arshan
resort, equally popular among residents of the Irkutsk region and
Buryatia, although the valley is not only remarkable for them. This is
the most agricultural part of the republic, lined with a network of neat
hedges. The meadows are sometimes interrupted by groves, and majestic
mountains rise above them - Tunkinsky Goltsy. In the west, the valley
narrows, leading to Mount Munku-Sardyk, the highest point of the Sayan
Mountains.
The Tugnuiskaya Valley is located along the Chita
tract on the way from Ulan-Ude to Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky. This is a very
beautiful and completely lifeless steppe, where only occasionally there
are nondescript villages, rural datsans, and large rocks hung with
Buddhist ribbons.
The mouth of the Selenga and the adjacent Kaban
steppes are one of the resort places on the eastern shore of Lake
Baikal, with a low bank and warm water. It is also interesting in terms
of architecture, since along the Selenga there was a historical route to
Transbaikalia, along which several monasteries were built. The best of
them is Posolsky, standing on the very shore, with a wonderful cathedral
and a mystical pile of crosses in memory of the royal embassy killed on
this site. The Baikal highway and the railway are nearby.
Khamar-Daban is a mountain range that borders Lake Baikal from the
south. This is perhaps the best place on the lake for active recreation:
there are several ski resorts, and the trail to Chersky Peak (2090 m) is
one of the simplest and, at the same time, very beautiful hiking routes.
Roads and resort villages cluster close to the shore of the lake, in one
of which, Tankhoy, is the office of the Baikal Nature Reserve. Visiting
the reserve itself, as usual, is not easy, but the visitor center
deserves attention as one of the most modern nature museums in Russia,
which also has equipped ecological trails that run through forests and
raised bogs on the slopes of Khamar-Daban.
The main language spoken by the population of Buryatia is Russian,
possibly Buryat. In remote villages where mostly Buryats live, you can
meet people who do not speak Russian. These are mainly preschool
children and older adults.
Knowledge of English is very rare
among the population. Even in the tourist-oriented service industry, you
don't often find English-speaking staff. But the situation is changing.
The development of tourism has become one of the priority areas of
policy of the republican authorities. The departments responsible for
the tourism sector do their best to encourage the study of foreign
languages by specialists in the hospitality industry. Menus in English
are already appearing in restaurants, and in the near future it is
planned to equip the streets and roads of Buryatia with the necessary
signs and information boards that are understandable for foreign guests.
All routes mainly lie through the transport hub of Ulan-Ude, or from
neighboring regions and Mongolia.
By plane
Ulan-Ude
International Airport (IATA:UUD) “Baikal”.
As of November 23,
2012, the airport receives 13 flights.
International flights are
operated - Ulaanbaatar, Beijing, Manzhouli, Thailand (Bangkok), Vietnam
(Danang, Cam Ranh).
There is communication with the following
cities of Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk,
Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Chita, Yakutsk, Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
Flights are carried out within Buryatia: Bagdarin, Nizhneangarsk,
Taximo.
By train
The Trans-Siberian Railway passes through the
territory of the republic as part of the East Siberian Railway (ESJD)
and the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM).
The main stopping stations in
Buryatia: Mysovaya in Babushkino, Ulan-Ude on the Trans-Siberian
Railway, Severobaikalsk and Taksimo on the BAM.
On the Eastern
Railway there is a main branch TS-8 “Ulan-Ude - Naushki - Ulaanbaatar -
Beijing”, with large stations Zagustay (Gusinoozersk), Dzhida and
Naushki. In Naushki there is a railway border crossing to Mongolia.
By car
The federal highway M55 “Baikal” passes through the
territory of the republic, which connects the Irkutsk region in the west
of the republic and the Trans-Baikal Territory in the east.
You
can get from Mongolia to Buryatia through road crossings in the city of
Kyakhta and the village of Mondy (Tunkinsky district).
In the
near future, two more automobile crossings will open on the border with
Mongolia - in Zheltur (Dzhidinsky district) and Ainek-Gol (Zakamensky
district). The construction of crossings on both sides of the border is
in full swing.
The main means of transport for residents of Buryatia is a car. All
major settlements of the republic can be reached from Ulan-Ude by
minibus or bus.
From Ulan-Ude, buses to different places in
Buryatia depart from several points: the bus station, the station square
of the Ulan-Ude railway station, Tsivileva Street (opposite the Sagaan
Morin shopping center), Banzarov Square.
From the railway
station, buses go to Chita (Aginsky Buryat District), Irkutsk
(Ust-Ordynsky Buryat District), Arshan, Kyren, and to recreation centers
on Lake Baikal: Sukhaya, Enkhaluk, Baikalsky Surf, Kultushnaya.
From Banzarov Square you can go to Gurulba, Zvezdny, Ivolginsk,
Oshurkovo, Sosnovy Bor, Sotnikovo, Tapkhar. To get to the Ivolginsky
datsan, you need to take minibus 130 to Ivolginsk, then you need to
change to another bus that will take you to the datsan. On major
religious holidays, minibuses run from Banzarov Square directly to the
datsan.
From the bus station you can go to almost all regional
centers and large settlements of Buryatia, with which there is road
communication: Arshan, Barguzin, Bichura, Goryachinsk, Gremyachinsk,
Gusinoozersk, Zagan, Zakamensk, Irkutsk, Kudara, Kultushnaya, Kurumkan,
Kyren, Kyakhta, Mukhorshibir , Orlik, Petropavlovka, Posolsk, Potanino,
Romanovka, Ust-Barguzin, Ust-Ordynsky (via Irkutsk), Khorinsk, Shchuchye
Lake.
In the southern direction from Ulan-Ude you can leave every
day by trains “Ulan-Ude-Naushki”, “Irkutsk-Naushki”; electric trains run
in the western and eastern directions.
The remote northern
regions - Severo-Baikalsky and Muisky - can be reached by rail from the
Taishet station in the Irkutsk region. Domestic airlines also fly from
Ulan-Ude airport "Baikal" to Nizhneangarsk and Taksimo.
Recharge yourself with the powerful energy of Lake Baikal
Find
peace and peace of mind in the protected corners of Buryatia
Perform
a ritual of offering to Buddhist shrines
Bow to the goddess Yanzhima
(Barguzin), asking for vitality and fertility for your family
Receive
the blessing of the incorruptible body of Pandito Khambo Lama Itigelov
Visit one of the most revered Buddhist shrines in Russia - the statue of
the Sandalwood Buddha (Zandan Zhuu) in the Egituysky datsan
Get in
touch with other worlds on a shamanic tailagan
Attend a colorful and
mesmerizing theatrical Buddhist performance - the Tsam mystery - in the
Tamchinsky datsan (Gusinoozersk) or in the Buddhist temple Hambyn Khure
(Ulan-Ude)
Get acquainted with the unique and original culture of the
Semeisk (Trans-Baikal Old Believers) in Tarbagatai or New Bryan
Feel
the breath of eternity, feel the aura of the ancient Xiongnu
civilization at the Ivolginsky settlement
Plunge into the era of the
mighty Genghis Khan at the Merkit fortress in the Tugnui Valley
Strengthen your body tone at the miraculous resorts and mineral springs
Visit the Valley of Volcanoes in Gornaya Oka, full of secrets and
mysteries
Improve your health at the Center for Oriental Medicine,
where the thousand-year experience of Tibetan medicine and the advanced
achievements of modern healthcare are organically combined
Study the
Atlas of Tibetan Medicine in the Museum of the History of Buryatia - a
priceless rarity, an outstanding monument of fine art of the Middle Ages
Get acquainted with the grandiose collection of antiquities in the
Kyakhtinsky Museum of Local Lore
Take a look at the ethnographic
museum of the peoples of Transbaikalia, where an ensemble of the rich
cultural heritage of the peoples living on the shores of Lake Baikal is
collected
Feel the atmosphere of old Verkhneudinsk by walking through
the historical center of Ulan-Ude
Visit the Jarun Khashore Stupa - an
analogue of the Bodhnath Stupa, located near Kathmandu in Nepal. In
Tibetan, the name is interpreted as “the stupa that fulfills wishes.”
Ethnographic Museum of the Peoples of Transbaikalia, Ulan-Ude,
Verkhnyaya Berezovka. ✉ ☎ +7 (3012) 44-33-10, 33-25-10. In summer: from
09.30 to 18.00; on weekends - from 10.00 to 19.00. In winter: from 09.00
to 17.00.. Ticket price for adults - 100 rubles, for students - 60
rubles, for schoolchildren and pensioners - 50 rubles. How to get there:
by minibus No. 37
Museum of the History of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, st.
Profsoyuznaya, 29. ☎ +7 (3012) 21-40-08, 21-06-53.
Art Museum,
Ulan-Ude, st. Kuibysheva, 29. ☎ + 7 (3012) 21-29-09, 21-43-93.
Kyakhta Local History Museum (Branch and information center in Ulan-Ude
- Sovetskaya St. 27 a), Kyakhta, st. Lenina, 49. ✉ ☎ +7 (30142) 92-1-46.
Adults - 70 rubles, students - 25 rubles, schoolchildren - 15 rubles,
foreign citizens - 100 rubles. Preferential admission: preschoolers,
disabled people, WWII veterans, conscripts - free. One of the oldest
museums in Siberia and the Far East, founded in 1890. A unique
collection from the Xiongnu era. There is a branch in Ulan-Ude on the
street. Sovetskaya 27a
Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Ulan-Ude, st. Lenina,
51. ☎ +7 (3012) 21-39-13, 21-44-54, fax: +7 (3012) 21-44-54.
Buryat
State Academic Drama Theater, Ulan-Ude, st. Kuibysheva, 38. ☎ +7 (3012)
22-25-37, 64-14-55, 22-25-46.
Puppet theater "Ulger", Ulan-Ude, st.
Lenina, 46. ☎ +7 (3012) 21-80-37, 21-22-92, fax: +7 (3012) 21-80-37.
Song and Dance Theater "Baikal", Ulan-Ude, st. Erbanova, 6. ☎ +7 (3012)
21-78-96, 43-05-06.
State Circus of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, Pobeda Ave.,
17. ✉ ☎ +7 (3012) 22-36-56, 46-12-29.
Sagaalgan: Buddhist New Year according to the lunar calendar. The
holiday is celebrated for almost a month. The date is “floating” -
calculated by Buddhist monks according to the lunar calendar. The day of
the offensive of Sagaalgan is annually declared by the Head of the
Republic of Buryatia a day off. February 24, 2020.
Festival of
national traditions “Buuzin Bayar”. February 24, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
World flash mob "Grand Yohor". February 24, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
Interregional freeride competition "Formula Mamaia-2020". February 22 -
24, 2020, Bolshoy Mamai River, Kabansky district.
Days of culture and
art of Buryatia in Moscow. February 25 - 26, 2020, Moscow, State Kremlin
Palace.
All-Russian rapid chess competition for prizes from the Dashi
Choynkhorlin Buddhist University. D.D. Zayaeva. February 26, 2020,
Ivolginsky datsan, Ivolginsky district.
Open snow fighting tournament
"Snow Battle in the Sayans". February 29, 2020, Tunkinsky district.
Festival of speed on the ice of Lake Baikal "Baikal Mile". February 27 -
March 1, 2020, Maksimikha village, Barguzin district.
Wide
Maslenitsa. March 1, 2020, Ulan-Ude, Ethnographic Museum of the Peoples
of Transbaikalia.
Ice fishing competitions, “Reserve Triathlon” relay
race, “Chivyrkuisky Dog Sprint” dog sled race, competitions, games,
concert and entertainment program “Chivyrkuisky Fun”. March 15, 2020,
Barguzinsky district.
Festival of children's and youth books "Paper
Key". March 27, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
XVI ice fishing tournament “Baikal
Fishing-2020”. March 27 - 28, 2020, village of Turka, Pribaikalsky
district.
Ice fishing tournament "Northern Baikal". March 28, 2020,
Nizhneangarsk village, Severo-Baikal region.
Baikal tourism fair
"Baikal Travel Mart - Tourism and recreation in Buryatia"". April 26 -
28, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
International freestyle wrestling tournament
"Baikal Open 2020" for the prizes of the Head of Buryatia. March 28-29,
2020, Ulan-Ude.
VIII Chamber Music Festival PIZZICATO. April 1-30,
2020, Ulan-Ude.
Championship of the Siberian Federal District in
mountaineering in the skyrunning discipline "Capricorn-2020". April 13,
2020, Arshan village, Tunkinsky district.
Celebration of the meeting
of swans. April 14, 2020, Khorinsky district.
Baikal ski marathon.
April 20 - 21, 2020, Maksimikha village, Barguzin district.
Tournament "Eryn Gurban Naadan" in honor of the goddess Yanzhima. April
28, 2020, village of Yarikto, Barguzin district.
Festival
“Munku-Sardyk”: climbing mountain paths of varying difficulty, including
the “Eternal White Char”, and a festival of bard songs. May 1 - 5, 2020,
Mondy village, Tunkinsky district.
Traditional prayer service Barkhan
Tahilgaan. May 2, 2020, Kurumkansky district.
"The Day of the
Herdsman" May 16, 2020, village of Uldurga, Eravninsky district.
Official opening of the water rowing season Ulan-Ude Water Open Cup.
June 1, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
All-Russian boxing tournament "Baikal". June
1 - 30, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
Festival of Russian culture "Baikal round
dance". June 7, 2020.
IX International Student Scientific and
Practical Conference "Sustainable Development of Service Technologies".
June 10 - 13, 2020, Maksimikha village, Barguzin district.
International forum "Tourism Week on the Great Silk Road". June 10 - 16,
2020, Ulan-Ude.
"Summer School for Young Artists". June 12, 2020,
Enkhaluk village, Kabansky district.
A holiday dedicated to the
history of the Xiongnu tribes. June 13, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
Interregional
summer school-festival "Baikal Fantasies". June 15 - 26, 2020, Enkhaluk
village, Kabansky district.
Interregional festival "Yanzhima's
Necklace". June 20, 2020, village of Yarikto, Barguzin district.
Festival of craftsmanship "Tvorogovsky ax". June 21, 2020, village of
Tvorogovo, Kabansky district.
Festival "Catch the Wave". June 27,
2020, lake. Shchuchye, Selenginsky district.
National holiday "Naadan
Surkharban". June 30 - July 3, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
Festival "Night of
Yohora". July 3, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
Festival - fair "Strawberry
Paradise". July 11, 2020, village of Vydrino, Kabansky district.
XII
International Music Festival “Voice of Nomads. Baikal/Buryatia": world
music festival. July 11 - 13, 2020.
Fisherman's Day in Chivyrkuisky
Bay. July 12, 2020, Kurbulik village, Barguzin district.
All-Russian
archery competition “Arrows of Baikal.” July 17, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
VIII
Interregional Youth Festival of Evenki Culture "Baikal Argish". July 23
- 25, 2020, Enkhaluk village, Kabansky district.
Festival - fair
"Fofonovsky cucumber". July 26, 2020, village of Fofonovo, Kabansky
district.
Traditional games "108 Suburgans". July 27, 2020, village
of Khorinsk, Khorinsky district.
Milk festival "Sagaan edeenay nair
2020". August 7 - 8, 2020, Khilgana village, Barguzin district.
Republican berry festival "Kikinskoe Basket". August 9, 2020, Kika
village, Pribaikalsky district.
International street film festival.
August 10, 2020, Severobaykalsk city.
Water sports festival "Baikal
Wind". August 13, 2020, Posolskoye village, Kabansky district.
Festival of culture of Semey - Old Believers of Transbaikalia "Bichursky
Amber". August 14, 2020, village of Bichura, Bichur district.
Running
marathon "Clean Baikal". August 15, 2020, Maksimikha village, Barguzin
district.
Competitions in national sports dedicated to the holiday of
Hambo Lama D.-D. Itigelova. August 22 - 31, 2020, Ivolginsky datsan,
Ivolginsky district.
Rural holiday "Bird cherry festival on Chikoy".
September 5, 2020, Kiran locality, Kyakhtinsky district.
Parade in
honor of the formation of the Selenga Infantry Regiment. September 21,
2020, Novoselenginsk village, Selenginsky district.
Festival "Great
Melodies of the Great Steppe". September 26 - 27, 2020, Novoselenginsk
village, Selenginsk district.
Festival "Bichur Potatoes". October 2,
2020, village of Bichura, Bichur district.
Fashion week "Baikal
Fashion Week 2020". December 5 - 6, 2020, Ulan-Ude.
The Great Tea Route runs from China to Russia, through the territory
of Buryatia.
Baikal-Khuvsgul. The route connecting the two great
lakes of Asia - Russian Baikal and Mongolian Khubsugul - is gaining
increasing popularity. The route passes through the picturesque
Tunkinskaya Valley.
“Pilgrim’s Path” (to the places of Khambo Lama
Dasha-Dorzho Itigelov): Ulan-Ude - Aninsky datsan - Egituisky datsan -
Arangin-Arya Bala - Talyn Khargana - Tamchinsky datsan - Ivolginsky
datsan.
Along the path of Archpriest Avvakum - acquaintance with the
history of the development of Transbaikalia by Old Believers
Buryatia offers a wide selection of dishes from various cuisines. But
guests of the republic prefer to try Baikal and Buryat cuisines.
In Baikal cuisine, dishes are prepared mainly from noble species of fish
caught in Baikal - omul, sturgeon, grayling, whitefish. The most
favorite fish in Buryatia is the Baikal omul. It is eaten fried, boiled,
smoked and salted. Particularly valued by connoisseurs and lovers of
this product is “scented omul”, which is particularly piquant due to its
specific smell. Also popular are omul caviar and raskolka (frozen raw
fish), which are served as an appetizer.
Most often, guests are
offered to try omul on rods, which is cooked like shashlik over a fire,
only on wooden skewers. The fish is used exclusively from fresh catch.
As a rule, this dish is prepared right on the shore of Lake Baikal,
accompanied by the sound of the surf, the crackling of a fire and
pleasant conversation in a friendly company.
The basis of Buryat
cuisine is milk and meat, and its main advantage is ease of preparation
and naturalness.
Guests are usually treated to lamb. Buryats can
prepare up to 50 different dishes from one sheep. The entire sheep is
used for food - nothing is thrown away. The most delicious and famous
lamb comes from the Borgoy Valley. This meat was also loved in the
Romanov imperial house. Historical fact: Borgoy lamb coexisted with
Baikal omul on the ceremonial table on the occasion of the coronation of
Nicholas II.
The most popular dish that is on the menu of almost
any establishment is buuza. This is a ball of minced meat wrapped in a
pancake made of thin dough, with a hole left at the top. The shape of
the dish resembles a yurt. Steamed buuzas are prepared.
Also
popular in Buryatia are buhler (lamb broth), shulen (meat soup with
homemade noodles), blood sausage and green tea with milk.
A varied and vibrant nightlife, where there is an atmosphere of
unbridled fun with fiery music and hot dancing until the morning, is
available only in one place in Buryatia - in its capital, Ulan-Ude.
There are many nightlife establishments here - restaurants, pubs, clubs,
cinemas...
In the summer, nightlife also boils in popular holiday
destinations - Arshan, Enkhaluk, Maksimikha.
In the rest of the
territory, during the dark hours of the day, guests of the republic
admire stunning sunsets and a mystically bright starry sky, which is why
they remain no less happy.
Buryatia can hardly be classified as a dangerous region.
The
locals are quite peaceful. Buddhism, which is professed by a significant
part of the population, plays an important role in this. But, as they
say, every family has its black sheep, and sometimes there is a black
sheep that can spoil the overall good picture. If adventures are not
included in the plans of your tourist program, you should not enter into
close relationships with the first person you meet, much less drink
alcohol with him.
As elsewhere, being in pristine nature, you
need to be wary of the bites of ticks, bees, snakes and any other game.
Although, as practice shows, these representatives of the fauna
themselves try to quickly hide from the eyes of “two-legged animals” if
they do not feel a threat to their lives. Therefore, in the forest you
need to behave in such a way that your appearance does not come as a
surprise to the animals, which can frighten them and cause aggression.
You can talk loudly (don’t shout!) or make other sounds so that all
living things around have time to hide in their holes in advance and
voluntarily.
Considering that Buryatia is a sunny republic, you
need to protect yourself from sunstroke on hot days. And on rare bad
weather days, when a thunderstorm occurs, you need to know how to
protect yourself from this atmospheric scourge.
When taking baths
in wild mineral springs, follow a simple but important rule: your stay
in the water should not exceed five minutes, otherwise such procedures
will do you more harm than good. You should also not cool your body
after hot baths, so it is better to immediately wrap yourself in warm
clothes.
Sometimes poisoning happens to tourists. And then,
instead of getting new pleasant sensations in the Buryat expanses, you
have to spend a lot of time and effort on chaotic intimate relationships
with a white “faience friend” in a hotel room. To warn yourself against
this sad prospect, you need to treat any unfamiliar food with caution
and first ask what ingredients the dish is made from. Also, you should
not buy Baikal omul, which is so popular in Buryatia, from your hands,
no matter how tempting it may look to you. This frivolity may result in
botulism for you. Just by the sound of the word it is clear that it does
not promise you anything pleasant.
In general, be reasonable and
you will have only pleasant memories from your trip to Buryatia.