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Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykalye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal in Russian Far East, 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 "The Landscapes of Dauria".
The ancient proto-Mongol Slab Grave Culture occupied the area around Lake Baikal in the Transbaikal territory.
In Imperial Russia, Dauria itself became an oblast - the Transbaikal Oblast ( ru , Забайкальская область), established in 1851, with its capital at Nerchinsk, then at Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita. It became part of the short-lived Far Eastern Republic between 1920 and 1922.
The administration of historic Transbaikalia includes Republic of Buryatia, Buryatia and the Zabaykalsky Krai; the area makes up nearly all of the territory of these two federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects.
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. Part of the area is protected by the Dauria Nature Reserve.
WWF Russia
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Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykalye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal in Russian Far East, 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 "The Landscapes of Dauria".
Etymology
The alternative name of the Transbaikal, ''Dauria'', derives from the ethnonym of the former inhabitants, the Daur people, whom Russian explorers first encountered in 1640.Geography
Dauria stretches for almost 1,000 km from north to south from the Patom Plateau and North Baikal Plateau 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 (geography), meridian of the confluence of the Shilka River, Shilka and Argun River, Asia, 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.History
The ancient proto-Mongol Slab Grave Culture occupied the area around Lake Baikal in the Transbaikal territory.
In Imperial Russia, Dauria itself became an oblast - the Transbaikal Oblast ( ru , Забайкальская область), established in 1851, with its capital at Nerchinsk, then at Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita. It became part of the short-lived Far Eastern Republic between 1920 and 1922.
The administration of historic Transbaikalia includes Republic of Buryatia, Buryatia and the Zabaykalsky Krai; the area makes up nearly all of the territory of these two federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects.
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.Geography
Administrative divisions of Amur Oblast#Oktyabrsky, Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский) village, Amur Oblast, near the Russia-China border is a large site of uranium mining and processing facilities.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. Part of the area is protected by the Dauria Nature Reserve.
See also
* Ookteechenskaia * Khentei-Daur Highlands * Po dikim stepyam ZabaikalyaReferences
* *External links
WWF Russia
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