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Chita-Transbaikal (03.2011)

Six thousand kilometers from Moscow, the Transbaikal Region (Zabaikalsky Krai) of Russia is in far eastern Siberia & shares borders with both China & Mongolia. The capital city, Chita, is the headquarters of the Siberian Military District and until 1991, was a closed city famous for its exiles. Decembrists first sentenced to hard labor were exiled here in 1827, the last Emperor of China was imprisoned here, & more recently, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was held in detention.

An ethnically & culturally diverse region long inhabited by Buryats, Evenks and Russian Cossacks, this vast area is one of extraordinary beauty from the Kodar Mountain Range to the little-known Siberian desert, the sands of Chara.
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Lovely desert sand here in far eastern Siberia!
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Lovely desert sand here in far eastern Siberia!

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  • Lovely desert sand here in far eastern Siberia!
  • Spectacular!
  • Wafaa & Staci enjoying  a beautiful sunny day in a stunning place.
  • Хребет Кодар.
  • The sands of Chara are surrounded by the Kodar Mountain range on one side & these, the Udokan Mountains, on the other.
  • В Чарской пустыне.
  • Representatives of the local administration & RT crew celebrating Staci's birthday in the Chara desert.
  • Footprints in the sands of Chara.
  • Chara desert dunes.
  • Sand ripples.
  • Rustem & Staci with Andrey Prostakishin, Transbaikal Administration.
  • Our Chara transport awaits us.
  • Starry desert sun.
  • Brave traveler.
  • The Udokan Mountain range.
  • Andrey & Staci. (Chara)
  • Diggin' it.
  • Заместитель руководителя технической дирекции Байкальской горной компании Александ Михайдов и корреспондет телеканала "Русия Аль-Яум" Уафаа Дауи.
  • Sun setting on Chara & the Udokan Mountains.
  • Udokan dusk. Горы Удокан.
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