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Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast. At —slightly larger than Belgium—Lake Baikal is the world's seventh-largest lake by surface area, as well as the second largest lake in Eurasia after the Caspian Sea. However, because it is also the deepest lake, with a maximum depth of , Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, containing of water or 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water, more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined. It is also the world's oldest lake at 25–30 million years, and among the clearest. It is estimated that the lake contains around 19% of the unfrozen fresh water on the planet. Lake Baikal is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, many of them endemic to the region. It is also home to Buryat tribes, who raise goats, cam ...
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Baykalsk
Baykalsk ( rus, Байкальск, p=bɐjˈkalʲsk) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located from Slyudyanka, Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Slyudyanka, the administrative center of the district. Population: History Baykalsk was founded in 1961 concomitant with the building of a paper mill there, called Baykalsk Paper and Pulp Mills. In 1966 the mill became operational, and the settlement received Town privileges, "city" status. At its peak, the mill employed about 3,500 people. In the late 2000s, Baykalsk faced a series of well-documented economic crises stemming from its status as a monotown entirely dependent on the declining and then closed paper mill. Administrative and municipal status Within the subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions, framework of administrative divisions, Baykalsk is subordinated to Slyudyansky District.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkuts ...
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