Shamen Rock

A holy place for the Buryats who are a race formed from the Turkish and Mongoloid races that formed there own community and religion on Olkhon. We were told at the museum on the island that they burn the bodies of there dead and leave without looking as soon as the fire is started. They then return the next day and claim that whatever caused the death of the person will always remain as the only unburnt part of the body.

Olkhon Island - Exploring the Island

May 8th 2008
Over the next few days Florian and I just exolred the island on foot before taking the organised tours to the north of the island later in the week. We got up into the hills and explored the coast - I will let the pictures do the talking! ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more

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