In Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Olkhon Island dwarfs the other rocky islets with its elongated spine. From the map, it looks like a small, narrow peninsula extends off the mainland. At Cape Khoboy ...

The Trans-Siberian Railroad is one of the most famous train journeys in the world. This line runs from Moscow, Russia in the west, to the Japan Sea in the east. There are various intersecting railway ...

A Muscovite couple abandoned the rat race of life in the capital and moved to the serene environs of Lake Baikal in Siberia. Sergei Yeremeyev is a former Muscovite who has lived on Olkhon Island in ...

Breath-taking natural scenery and the richness of traditional Buryat culture make the largest island on Baikal, one of the most unique natural destinations in Russia. Olkhon is the largest island in ...

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 ...

Since mid-July, residents of Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal have complained that they can no longer board the ferries linking the island to the mainland ahead of the line. The tourist season has created ...

LAKE BAIKAL, Russia — Along the shores of a lake considered deeper and older than any other, there is a place some locals regard as sacred. It is here, in Lake Baikal’s Olkhon Island settlement, that ...

Blue. A beautiful, bountiful and breathtaking blue. It bowled me over, overwhelmed and humbled me.