If You're NearbyUlan-Ude
Buryatia
About 92 miles away
Buryatia's capital east of Lake Baikal, with a giant head of Lenin and Russia's center of Buddhism at the Ivolginsky monastery.
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Olkhon Island
Baikal's largest island, a land of steppe and cliffs around Shaman Rock, sacred to the Buryat people.
US travel advisory: Level 4, Do Not Travel · checked 2026-11-03- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 2 days
Why Go
Baikal's largest island, a land of steppe and cliffs around Shaman Rock, sacred to the Buryat people.
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