Lake Baikal and Olkhon Island are sacred places to the indigenous Buryat people, and the totems of their shamanistic Buddhist faith are found all over the island. Our columnist, Sebastian Modak, is ...

VLADIVOSTOK, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese tourist died after a car carrying tourists overturned on the frozen surface of Lake Baikal in Russia on Wednesday. According to TASS, it occurred on the ice ...

34 people were at the facility at the time of the fire, including eight tourists from South Korea and 24 from China IRKUTSK, January 28. /TASS/. Two people died in a fire that broke out at a tourist ...

Olkhon Island sits in Russia's Lake Baikal with a coastline revered for picturesque views. Local shamans consider it sacred ground, but building plans by Chinese investors have upset the island's ...