2. Russia Redux • Возвращающаяся Россия

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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Construction of the BAM took half a century to complete.
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Construction of the BAM took half a century to complete.

BAMBaikal Amur Mainlinerailroad tracksnovaya CharaRussiaZabaikal RegionEastern Siberiarusurusu photographyЗабайкальский край

  • Staci & Wafaa see eye-to-eye.
  • Работник депо в Чаре, бамовец.
  • With a BAM veteran in Chara. С Ветераном БАМа в музее. Чара.
  • Home of Lidia & Vladimir Shander, veteran BAM workers. (Novaya Chara)
  • Лидия и Владимир Шандер. Ветараны БАМа.
  • Dinner with the Shanders.
  • Наши корреспонденты Стэйси Бивенс и Уафаа Дауии с семьём Шандеров, ветеранов БАМа в Чаре.
  • Novaya Chara - Новая Чара.
  • Baikalskaya Mountain Company.
  • Baikalskaya Mountain Company research center.
  • Chemicals at the Baikal Mining Company's research facility.
  • Trilon "B".
  • The purpose of the Baikal Mining Company is the development of the Udokan copper mines.
  • Всю жизнь эта геолог отдала Удокану.
  • The Baikal-Amur Mainline Railroad, otherwise known as the BAM, was considered by the Soviets to be the construction project of the century when building commenced in 1974.
  • An alternative to the Trans-Siberian, BAM was supposed to bring prosperity to the region. Many who enthusiastically moved east to help build BAM are bitter that it's promises are thus far unfulfilled.
  • Spectacular scenery along the BAM line.
  • BAM cargo cars.
  • "БАМ- лучший подарок отчизне!"
  • Construction of the BAM took half a century to complete.
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