The Barguzin (russian: Баргузи́н; bua, Баргажан, Bargajan) is a river in Buryatia,

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, long, flowing into the Barguzin Bay of

Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the Federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast, I ...

, the largest and deepest bay of Baikal. Barguzin is the third (by the flow amount) inflow of Baikal, after the rivers

Selenga The Selenga or Selenge ( ; bua, Сэлэнгэ гол / Сэлэнгэ мүрэн, translit=Selenge gol / Selenge müren; russian: Селенга́, ) is a major river in Mongolia and Buryatia, Russia. Originating from its headwater tributaries ...

and

Upper Angara The Upper Angara (, ''Verkhnyaya Angara''; , ''Deede Angar'') is a river in Buryatia, Siberia to the northeast of Lake Baikal. the third longest river in the Baikal basin. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The Baikal–Amur Mainline ru ...

. Its watershed area is . It is navigable for upwards from its

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. Its main tributaries are the

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, Argada and Ina from the left, and the Ulyun from the right. In 1648, Ivan Galkin founded an ''ostrog'' on the Barguzin.

Valley

In its middle part, the river flows along the Barguzin Valley or Depression (russian: Баргузинская котловина), which is long and up to wide and runs between the

Barguzin Range Barguzin Range (russian: Баргузинский хребет) is a range in Buryatia, Russia along the northeastern shore of Baikal. Its length is 280 km, height up to 2,840 m. It is mostly covered by larch taiga. The range bounds the Ba ...

(to the northwest) and

Ikat Range Ikat Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia. It runs in a parallel direction to the Baikal Rift. The range is named after two small rivers sharing the name "Ikat" which have their sources in opposite slopes of the range one is a tribu ...

(to the southeast). It also forms the western limit of the

Southern Muya Range The Southern Muya Range (russian: Южно-Муйский хребе́т, translit=Yuzhno-Muyskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The highest point of the range is 3,067 m high ...

. In the valley, the river branches, loops, leaves old riverbeds, and creates a swampy water network with more than 1,000 lakes. In the valley is the

Dzherga Nature Reserve Dzherginsky Nature Reserve (russian: Джергинский заповедник) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve), located about 100 km east of the northern section of Lake Baikal. It covers the source and upper reaches of ...

(russian: Джергинский государственный природный заповедник) encompassing .

Wind

The river also gave its name to a steady, strong wind on Baikal. The air flow rushes onto Baikal from the Barguzin Valley and blows across the lake at its middle, mostly for no longer than a day (starting at sunrise and ending by sunset). Usually it brings sunny weather. In Barguzin Bay, it may be of hurricane strength, but its average speed is usually less than 20 m/s. The wind is commemorated in the Russian folk song about a runaway from the

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: :Славное море - священный Байкал, :Славный корабль - омулевая бочка. :Эй, баргузин, пошевеливай вал, :Молодцу плыть недалечко. ::The sacred Baikal is a glorious sea, ::An

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barrel is a glorious ship. ::Hey, barguzin, roll the wave ::It is not too far to sail for a daring fellow. :Poetic translation:Used in a translation of ''

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'' ny Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (1997)
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::Hey, Barguzin make the waves rise and fall! ::This young lad's ready to frisk-o!

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