Tunka (russian: Тунка; bua, Түнхэн, ''Tünkhen'') is a village in
Tunkinsky District
Tunkinsky District (russian: Тунки́нский райо́н; bua, Түнхэнэй аймаг, ''Tünkhenei aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the R ...
of the
Buryat Republic
Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...
,
Russia
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, located southwest of
Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...
in the
Tunka Valley.
In the 19th century, it served as a settlement to where a large number of political prisoners were forcibly resettled. Among them was a group of Catholic priests, 145 altogether, arrested during the 1863
January Uprising
The January Uprising ( pl, powstanie styczniowe; lt, 1863 metų sukilimas; ua, Січневе повстання; russian: Польское восстание; ) was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at ...
against the
Russian Empire
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. Among other notable political prisoners kept there were
Bronisław Szwarce and
Józef Piłsudski
), Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (now Lithuania)
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.
Wilfrid Michael Voynich
Wilfrid Voynich (born Michał Habdank-Wojnicz; Telšiai, Деятели революционного движения в России: Био-библиографический словарь: От предшественников декабри ...
was held there from late December 1887 to late June 1889.
The
Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy (TAIGA) is located close by in the same Tunka valley.
References
Rural localities in Tunkinsky District
Irkutsk Governorate
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