The Baikal ice, Baikal lake, Siberia, Buryat, Russia
I ordered a 6 days trek on Baikal ice and mountains but here on the second days I cane out of a stormy ice night which got me very weak. The guide was ok since he is expert of the region but it was too hard for me and decided to walk back on the Olkhon island which can be seen on the background of the picture. It seems pretty close but actually a minimum of 6 hours walking is necessary to join the place. All Siberia lake places were inhabited side the Neolithic. In 3rd century the Huns migrations trough Centre Asia had big influence on migrations of others populations from centre Asia to Siberia. Later some Turkish civilizations migrated there and made the Khakasse Empire, but the north-eastern parts of Siberia kept in a kind of prehistorically lifestyle. Genghis Khan destroyed this Empire at around 1206, leading Siberia civilization to decline. 500 years later some Tatars (old Turkish population integrated in Genghis Khan conquests) migrated to east Siberia and made the Khanat of Siberia (Baikal and Yakutia and Bouriatia are out of it) but where fatly conquered by Ivan the Terrible in 1580 (with help of Cossack, coming from Volga civilization). After Ivan the terrible, Russia continued to progress until Bering Strait since it was interested by fur. Cossack Semion Dejnev arrived in Behring Strait in 1648. The full HD movie of the journey can be seen here:
Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia
Photo credit: © Alex Saurel / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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