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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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The village of Ikabya on the way to Chara.  Посёлок Икабья.
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The village of Ikabya on the way to Chara. Посёлок Икабья.

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  • Wafaa with a little angel.
  • 17 лет. Очаровательная русско-бурятская девушка.
  • RT crew with staff of the Fashion Theater.
  • Flying over the Kodar Mountains on the way to Chara.
  • Chara Airport.  Аэропорт в Чаре. На заднем плане хребет Кодар.
  • Wafaa grabs a smoke.
  • Slava at the Chara Airport.
  • Мост в Чинее к месторождению титана.
  • Scenery on the road to Chara.
  • The rutted road to Chara.
  • Heavy traction's needed for these 'roads'.
  • Tired & a little grumpy on the way to Chara.
  • The village of Ikabya on the way to Chara.  Посёлок Икабья.
  • Siberian spring - no chance of falling through the ice as it's about 10' thick beneath the sun-melted watery top.
  • Enjoying Siberia's wide open spaces.
  • It's the birthday girl on her way to Chara.
  • Речка покрыта тонки слоем воды, но по ней ещё могу ехать в конце марта автомобили. Горы Кодар на заднем плане.
  • Наш УАЗ лучше всех идёт по сибирскому бездорожью.
  • Who would have guessed, there's really a desert in Siberia! The sands of Chara with the Kodar Montains in the background.
  • The Chara Sands cover an area of only 37 square kilometers, but are classified as desert.
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