Ust-Barguzin
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Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia
Russia
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, located on the shore of Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...
at the mouth of the Barguzin River and 270 kilometres (167.8 mi) northeast of Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga...
. Population:
Ust-Barguzin was founded in 1666 by a Cossack detachment under Gavril Lovzov.
Postal codes: 671622, 671624.