Danny

The Fury Of Baikal

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July 26th 2010
Lake Baikal, the oldest and deepest lake on this planet, as well as providing about 20% of the world's freshwater. Its deepest point is about 1600 meters. Apparently there are 1, 700 species of animal and plant, two thirds of which can be found nowhere else in the world. As a result it has become a Unesco world heritage site. I went into town and caught a micro-bus to a village off the eastern ... 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