Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water. Her love for this natural Siberian jewel made the ...

An earthquake measuring 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale struck the Lake Baikal region in Russia’s Irkutsk Oblast today.The General Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region ...

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"It’s been a warm winter in Baikal, as observed from space," Roscosmos said in comments to its posted pictures MOSCOW, January 15. /TASS/. Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake located in Russia ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world. It is frozen for up to five months a year and its ice is so thick cars often drive ...

(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) A tourist stands on the shore of Lake Baikal, which is typically covered in thick ice, near the village of Turka, Russia, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP ...

The president explained that the construction of the Lake Baikal resort is part of a major project called 'Five Seas' MOSCOW, February 29. /TASS/. A new year-round resort with zero pollution ...

As the world’s oldest known lake, having formed around 25 million years ago, Baikal’s remarkable depth is partly due to the area’s tectonic activity, as it lies at a divergent plate boundary.

The waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal are contaminated with high levels of microscopic plastic particles and fibres that most likely come from packaging and fishing nets. Research published in ...