The Republic of Buryatia is located in the southern part of Eastern Siberia. From the north and west, the territory of the republic is washed by the waters of Lake Baikal, in the east it borders with the Chita region, in the west and north - with the Irkutsk region, in the southwest with the Republic of Tyva, in the south there is the state border with Mongolia.

In Buryatia is widely distributed mountain tourism, rafting on numerous rivers, ethnographic tours (with acquaintance with Lamaist beliefs and traditional methods of treatment and customs of Buryats), mineral water treatment. In Buryatia, monuments of the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages and hundreds of monasteries-datsans of the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved. The Barguzin Reserve, created more than 80 years ago, is remarkable:

The capital of the republic is Ulan-Ude, the large cities are Gusinoozersk, Severobaikalsk. Interesting in the tour plan are the districts: Kabansky district, Podlemorye, Barguzinsky valley, Tunkinskaya valley, Kyakhta district and, of course, Baikal.

Difference with Moscow in time: 5 hours ahead of Moscow

Population: about 1 million people.

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How to get to Buryatia

@ Flights from Moscow to Ulan-Ude and back flights are performed daily from Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports. The flight time is about 6 hours

Trans-Siberian Railway running through the territory of the Republic of Buryatia, create good conditions for transport links not only with all regions of the country and European countries, but also with countries of South-East Asia.

Climate of Buryatia

@ The remoteness of the republic's territory from the oceans, its location in the center of the continent, and the mountainous terrain have determined a unique and unique climate. A specific feature is its sharp and frequent variability. In general, the climate is formed under the influence of three contrasting components: dry and cold climate of northern regions, hot and dry - Mongolian deserts and wet - Pacific.

The climate of Buryatia is sharply continental, with large annual and daily fluctuations in air temperatures and uneven distribution of precipitation on seasons

Winter is cold, with dry frost and a small amount of snow. Spring is windy, with frosts and almost no precipitation. Summer is short, with hot days and cool nights, with heavy rainfall in July and August. Autumn occurs imperceptibly, without a sharp change in the weather, in some years it happens to be long and warm. The average temperature in summer is +18.5 ° C, in winter -22 ° C

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Entertainments, excursions and attractions

On the territory of the republic there are three state reserves, two national parks and more than 250 natural monuments .

In addition, the Republic is famous for its unique Buddhist monasteries (datsans).

Ivolginskaya Sopka Bayin-Togod (Rich Peacock) is located 35 km from Ulan-Ude . For local residents the hill is a sacred place where prayer services are arranged with sacrifices to the spirits of the terrain . On the walls of the cave several rock drawings, here Ivolginsky datsan is located . Until recently it was the only functioning monastery not only in Buryatia, but also in Russia . Today it is the residence of the head of the Traditional Sangha of Russia Bandido-hambo-lama . Religious ceremonies are conducted on Tibetan and Buryat languages ​​. In the territory of the datsan there is also a small temple, suburgans - stupas, which are erected in the locations of Buddhist relics, a greenhouse with sacred Bodhi tree, the largest in Russia library of Buddhist texts .

Tamchinsky (Gusinoo ersky) datsan is 150 km from Ulan Ude near the road to Mongolia. In 1741 it was officially declared the center of Buddhism in Russia. Two of 17 churches, monuments of the Buryat religious architecture of the 17-19th centuries, have survived to the present day. On the territory of the datsan there is a legendary archaeological monument - deer stone (Altan-Sărge - "golden hitch"), which, according to archaeologists, , 5 thousand years

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Atsagatsky datsan is located 50 km from Ulan-Ude, this is one of 15 newly opened datsans. Atsagat was the last residence of Aghvan Dorzhiev - diplomat, teacher and mentor of Dalai Lama IV. Near the Khara-Atsagat mineral spring, local laymen kept a log house owned by Aghvan Dorzhiev

Egituyu datsan is located 300 km from the city of Ulan-Ude. It was built in 1826 and was a complex of four dugans. The treasure of the datsan is a statue of Zandan Jou - Buddha of sandalwood. Three dugans - medical, philosophical and astrological - surrounded the main temple.

The villages of Russian Old Believers in the villages of B. Kunaley, Saratovka and Tarbagatay are no less unique. In the middle of the 18th century, about 20,000 families of Russian Old Believers were deported to Siberia. In remote areas of Central Russia, the regions of Buryatia, the Old Believers established their ethnic settlements, formed their own communes, preserved their original dialect, faith and rituals. Visiting villages of Old Believers, you can get acquainted with the life, people's economy, traditional cuisine and original folklore. Photo of the Republic of Buryatia (91)