Museums of Ulan-Ude. Ulan-Ude museum.
SIGHTINGS OF THE BURYATIA
KABANSKY REGION
TOURIST ZONE
Kabansky region is rather independent tourist area of Buryatia. It is located
along the southeast coast of Baikal from the Oblom cape in the north up to the
Snezhnaya River in the south and also borders on Irkutsk oblast. From the west
it is washed by waters of Baikal Lake, from the east it is limited with mountain
ranges of Ulan-Burgasy and Khamar-Daban. The Selenga River divides the region
almost into two equal parts. The basic territory represents a wide valley in the
mouth of the Selenga with the area of 13, 5 thousand sq. km, 462 m above the sea
level. The territory of the region is cut up by numerous channels of rivers
flowing into Baikal: the Abramikha, the Kultushnaya, the Manturikha, the Mysovka,
the Bolshaya, the Pereemnaya, the Tankhoi, the Snezhnaya, the Vydrinaya and
other rivers. The region got its name from the name of the river Kaban'ya in the
valley of which wild boars had been found before.
- Posolsky Sor. Posolky Sor is the largest among shallow gulfs of
Baikal separated from the main water area by sandy spits. The Posolskie
sandy spits, the Northern and Southern ones have a common name – the
peninsula of Karga. The width of the spit changes from 30 up to 200 meters.
The gulf has even depths - almost everywhere about 3-4 m. The following
rivers run into the gulf as the Bolshaya Rechka (the Big River) 70 kms long,
which forms a channel near its mouth, the Tolbusikha, 16 km long, the
Abramikha, 26 kms long and the Kultushnaya with the length 35 kms., all
rivers flow down the slopes of the ridge of Khamar-Daban. In the north-east
of the gulf there is a village of Posolskoe and Posolsky
Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery. On the southern side there is a place of
Povorot (Turning) and further the village of Boyarsk. The recreational
places are located in the middle of the gulf: the Baikalsky Priboy and
Kultushnaya separated by the river of Abramikha. Near each place there are
stops of electric trains. The places of Baykalsky Priboy and Kultushnaya are
connected with the motorway of federal value Moscow - Chita ¹ 55, but there
is no road between them as there is no bridge over the Abramikha-river. The
place of Povorot is connected with a motorway ¹ 55 through the village of
Boyarsk, but it has a bad quality.
Posolsky Sor is a specific natural complex with various landscapes where
different vegetative and other living communities are represented. It is the
only gulf in the Baikal closed from the basic water area, where active water
exchange occurs basically during storm. Due to sufficient warming up of
water in the gulf the growth of young omuls takes place there.
The gulf has been used for the arrangement of rest for a long time. Mainly a
14-kilometers coastline is used for it as the construction of tourist
objects is conducted here, campings, shops and stations of renting boats are
also located here. In the recreational place of Baikalsky Priboy function 44
objects of accommodation of tourists, in the place of Kultushnaya there are
23 objects. The majority of objects function only in summer. Because of high
recreational loadings appreciable adverse changes have been watched in the
environment. In 1999 the whole territory of Posolsky Sor was declared to be
an especially protected nature territory of regional value followed by the
restriction of loadings.
- Baykalsky Priboy. 44 objects of accommodation of tourists
function on the territory of Baykalsky Priboy, their location is indicated
on the schemes (scheme1, scheme2). There are also shops, kiosks and a
station of long-distance communication. Along the coastline of the lake
there is a motorway which begins near the railway crossing and finishes with
an impasse at the camp of "Baikal". From the city of Ulan-Ude in summer one
can come here by an electric train, a fixed-route taxi, or own car.
- Kultushnaya
23 objects of accommodation of tourists function on the territory of
Kultushnaya, their location is indicated on the scheme. There are shops,
kiosks and an open market. The tourist centre “Kultushnaya” of ESRR
(East-Siberian Railway Road) has a health-improving centre with a pool,
saunas, a bar, a dining-room, a paid car-parking which accept all
holiday-makers. From the railway stop "Kultushnaya” begins a motorway which
is 1km long and leads to this place. From the city of Ulan-Ude one can come
here by a fixed-route taxi, a car or an electrotrain.
- Povorot (Turning)
Povorot is the place representing a big glade with a strip of forest where
an old fishing village Povorot had been before the Angarsky cascade of
hydroelectric power stations began to work. A large fishing collective farm,
a fish-reception station used to work here and salting of fish was
conducted. The village was demolished because of threat of flooding of this
district by waters of Baikal. Flooding didn’t happen. At present practically
there are no any buildings left, only the remains of the concreted
compartments and big barrels for salting fish and also the rests of a vessel
typical for Baikal are found here. Povorot is used in summer for the
organization of tourist campings.
- Lemasovo
The place of Lemasovo is situated on the shore of the gulf Chekalov Sor. The
gulf is shallow and boggy, its depth does not exceed 1 meter. The shore is
sandy, overgrown with scrubs and birches. In summer the place is used for
the organization of camping. The water area of the gulf is convenient for
windsurfing. The place is connected with settlements of Kabansk and Posolsk
by a motorway which leads to the motorway of federal value Moscow - Chita ¹
55. Lemasovo is declared a special protected nature territory of regional
value, the regime of restrictions of loadings has been introduced here.
- Enkhaluk – Sukhaya
The place of Enkhaluk-Sukhaya is located on the right bank of the river of
Selenga. The major part of the coastline of Baikal is used for recreation
activities. In many places there are sandy beaches and the forest is located
next to them. There are 3 settlements in which objects of accommodation of
tourists and a network of guest houses develop. These are villages of
Enhaluk, Sukhaya and the place of “Pionerlager”.
- "Pionerlager”(Pioneer camp)
In the place of “Pionerlager” functions a summer rest-camp of the CMNE (City
Management of National Education) of Ulan-Ude and the yurta tourist complex
is being built. The chink of thermal water is located here and the bath for
bathing has been constructed in the open air.
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