Irkutsk Lake Baikal
Filming in Irkutsk, one of the most important Russian Siberian cities. The town lies at the Angara, a tributary of the Yenisei, 45 miles below its outflow from Lake Baikal. video presents views of city streets and architecture, panoramas of industrial sites and surrounding villages. Also filmed are picturesque landscapes, and beautiful sky and cloud views filmed from the air.
Filming on the banks of Lake Baikal the Angara river. Baikal is the largest, deepest and oldest freshwater lake in the world. It is a World Heritage Site, and is also called the Blue Eye of Siberia. Baikal has about 20% of the total fresh water on the Earth. It is unique among large, high-latitude lakes. The lake is completely surrounded by mountains, and is technically protected as a national park.
Baikal is renowned for the unique clarity of its waters. Muted protest about the establishment of a wood pulp and cellulose plant at the south end of the lake, at Baikalsk, first planned in 1957, originated ecological awareness among educated Russians. The plant still pours industrial effluent into Baikal's waters. Filmed is the wood materials production process, sawing, logs laid together, people working, interiors of the plant.
