Transbaikal

This article will address the topic of Transbaikal, which has become very relevant in contemporary society. From various areas, Transbaikal has become a topic of interest and debate, generating conflicting opinions and different perspectives. It is important to thoroughly analyze the aspects related to Transbaikal, its impact on daily life, its evolution over time and its relevance in the current context. Through this article we will seek to provide a broad and critical vision of Transbaikal, with the aim of promoting deep reflection on this topic.

For other uses, see Dauria (disambiguation).
For a federal subject of Russia, see Zabaykalsky Krai.
Chita is the main city of Transbaikalia
Eastern Siberia is highlighted
The Russian-Chinese borderland in the mid-19th century with Daooria

Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia (Russian: Забайка́лье, romanized: Zabaykal'ye, IPA: [zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ]), or Dauria (Даурия, Dauriya) is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal at the south side of the eastern Siberia and the south-western corner of the Far Eastern Russia.

The steppe and wetland landscapes of Dauria are protected by the Daurian Nature Reserve, which forms part of a World Heritage Site named "Landscapes of Dauria".

Geography

Dauria stretches for almost 1,000 km from north to south from the Patom Plateau and North Baikal Highlands to the Russian state borders with Mongolia and China. The Transbaikal region covers more than 1,000 km from west to east from Lake Baikal to the meridian of the confluence of the Shilka and Argun Rivers. To the west and north lies the Irkutsk Oblast; to the north the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), to the east the Amur Oblast. Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский) village, Amur Oblast, near the Russia-China border is a large site of uranium mining and processing facilities.[1]

Part of the area is protected by the Dauria Nature Reserve.[2]

The Daurian Nature Reserve

Fauna and flora

The region has given its name to various animal species including Daurian hedgehog, and the following birds: Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa daurica), Daurian jackdaw, Daurian partridge, Daurian redstart, Daurian starling, Daurian shrike and the red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica). The Mongolian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemionus) is extinct in the region.

The common name of the famous Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii) as well as that of the Dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus davurica) are also derived from the same source.

History

The oldest building in the region, the Dormition Church, built 8 km from Nerchinsk in 1706–1712

The ancient proto-Mongol slab-grave culture occupied the area around Lake Baikal in the Transbaikal territory.[3]

In 1667, Gantimur opened Transbaikalia and the country on the Amur River to the influence of the Tsardom of Russia.[citation needed]

In Imperial Russia, Dauria itself became an oblast - the Transbaikal Oblast (Russian: Забайкальская область), established in 1851, with its capital at Nerchinsk, later at Chita. It became part of the short-lived Far Eastern Republic between 1920 and 1922.

As of 2020, the administration of the historic Transbaikalia includes Buryatia and the Zabaykalsky Krai; the area makes up nearly all of the territory of these two federal subjects.

See also

References

  1. ^ Shandala N, Filonova A, Titov A, Isaev D, Seregin V, Semenova V, and Metlyaev EG (2009), Radiation situation nearby the uranium mining facility, Environmental section poster P.9, 54th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, 12–16 July 2009, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
  2. ^ "The exhibition "Iris Russia"". flower-iris.ru. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. ^ History of Mongolia, Volume I, 2003.
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