Baikal Collection

The icebreakers Baikal and Angara in dock on Lake Baikal. Date: circa 1902

Rail on Ice 1904
Railway tracks are laid over ice-covered Lake Baikal, and short trains cross carrying troops to the battlefront of the war with Japan

The Angara in service on Lake Baikal. Date: 1913

Lake Baikal, Russia - Nomadic Man riding a Reindeer
Nomadic Farmer riding a Reindeer close to Lake Baikal, Russia

Viaduct on the The Circum-Baikal Railway
The Circum-Baikal Railway - a historical railway in the Irkutsk region of Russia. It runs along the Northern shore of the Southern extremity of the lake from the town of Slyudyanka to the Baikal

Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia - Ice Yachting - almost as fast and dangerous as motoring !! Date: 1908

Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia - Ice Dry Dock. This vessel was built at Brentford - the ice excavated to a depth of five feet. Date: 1908

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Construction of a railroad across the ice on Lake Baikal. Engraving. Colored

Launch of the icebreaker on L. Baikal 17 June 1899
The Russian/French caption translates as Irkutsk. Listvenichnoye village. The launch of the icebreaker on Baikal on 17 June 1899. Date: 1899

The launch of the icebreaker on Lake Baikal
The newly-launched hull of the Baikal. Date: 1899

The Baikal on the day before launching
A reproduction of a painting by N. Gritsenko showing the icebreaking ferry Baikal on the day before launching. Date: 1899

The Baikal railway station
A view along the platform at Baikal railway station. Date: 1914

Horse-drawn wagons on frozen Lake Baikal
Horse-drawn wagons on the frozen Lake Baikal. Tracks were laid across the ice during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. Date: 1905

Loading installations at Port Baikal
A view of the gantry and railway tracks etc. for loading the Baikal at Port Baikal. Date: circa 1902

Locomotives at Baikal railway station
A view of locomotives at Baikal railway station, Port Baikal. Date: circa 1905

The icebreakers at Port Baikal
The Baikal in dock at Port Baikal. The stern of the smaller Angara can be seen at the left side. Date: circa 1912

The Port Baikal loading installations
A view of the installations at Port Baikal for loading/boarding the icebreaker Baikal. Trains were loaded on a track that led through the gantry at the left

The dock for the icebreakers, Lake Baikal
The floating, semi-submersible dock that was used for servicing the Baikal and Angara. Date: circa 1905

The icebreakers Baikal and Angara at Port Baikal
The icebreakers Baikal and Angara in dock at Port Baikal. Date: circa 1914

Loading a train on to the icebreaker Baikal
Loading a goods train on to the icebreaker Baikal. The smaller icebreaker Angara is nearby. Date: circa 1902

The Angara approaching the dock at Port Baikal. The Russian caption translates as The icebreaker Angara and the dock - this refers to the floating dock at the right-hand side that was used for

The Angara at Port Baikal. On the right can be seen part of the floating dock that was used for servicing the Baikal and Angara. Date: circa 1905

The Angara at Baranchuk on Lake Baikal Date: circa 1905

The Angara near Port Baikal
The Angara in dock near Port Baikal, where the Angara River flows out of the Lake Baikal. Date: circa 1905

The Baikal at Tankhoi on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. Date: circa 1905

The Baikal at Port Baikal. On the right can be seen part of the floating dock that was used for servicing the Baikal and Angara. Date: 1904

Greetings from Lake Baikal
An artist-drawn card with a vignette illustration taken from a photograph of the icebreaker Baikal. The Russian caption translates as Heartfelt greetings from Lake Baikal. The icebreaker on the ice

The Baikal in service on the lake
The Baikal in service on the frozen Lake Baikal. Date: circa 1905

The newly-launched Baikal under tow
A postcard with a view of the newly-launched hull of the Baikal being towed by another vessel. Date: 1899

Baikal. The icebreaker under way
A postcard showing the Baikal on Lake Baikal. The ship in the distance to the left seems to be the smaller Angara. Date: circa 1905

Loading wagons on the Baikal
The Russian caption translates as Baikal station. Loading wagons on to the icebreaker. Date: circa 1905

The icebreaker Baikal
The Russian/French caption translates as The icbreaker Baikal Date: circa 1905

The pier at Lake Baikal
The Russian/French caption translates as Views of Transbaikalia. The pier at Lake Baikal. Date: circa 1900

Siberia, Russia - Lake Baikal

Russia - Lake Baikal Wildlife Reserve. Siberia

Baikal / Nerpa Seal - endemic to lake Baikal (Phoca sibirica). lake Baikal Russia. Latin formerly know as Pusa sibirica

Baikal Seal
BAIKAL SEAL (Pusa sibirica). Russia

Eastern Russia - Transbaikalia - Tsam ceremony
Eastern Russia - Transbaikalia - Buddhist Tsam ceremony amongst the Buryat People to exorcise evil which consisted of a series of masked dances and often had a narrative content

Trans-Siberian Railway scene - Chita
Scene on the Trans-Siberian railway close to Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia at the confluence of the Chitinka and Ingoda Rivers and on the Trans-Siberian Railway, east of Irkutsk. Date: circa 1910s

The shore of Lake Baikal, Russia Date: circa 1910s

Trans-Siberian Railway - Bridge over Berezovaya creek
Bridge over Berezovaya creek, view from the eastern side, Berezovaya creek, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk region, Russia. Date: circa 1910s

Scene on Lake Baikal
Scene on the shores of Lake Baikal, southern Siberia. Date: 1858

Shore of Lake Baikal close to Mysovoy
Trans-Siberian Railway - Small dock on the shore of Lake Baikal close to Mysovoy Date: circa 1910s

Trans-Siberian Railway - Lake Baikal close to Mysovaya Date: circa 1910s

Russia - River Shilka. Flows north east from the mountains to the east of Lake Baikal thus providing river traffic link to Khabarovsk and onwards to the Pacific Ocean at Nikolaevsk

Lake Baikal, Russia
A completed ice-bound boat on Lake Baikal, Russia

Rus / Jap War: over Ice
To carry troops and supplies across frozen Lake Baikal, tracks are laid across the ice to guide the horse-drawn wagons

Russian Ice Breaker 2
The YERMAK (variously spelt) built in Britain for the Russians who employ it to clear sea-routes on Lake Baikal

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