The classification system of the types of Human settlement in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared to the classification systems in other countries.... (selo
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon.... ) in Tunkinsky District of the Buryat Republic
Buryatia
Buryat Republic is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its size is slightly over 350,000 km? with a population of almost one million.... , Russia
Russia
Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia.... , located east of Baikal
Baikal
Baykal commonly refers to Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia.Baykal may also refer to:... 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 all Catholic priests arrested during the 1863 January Uprising against tsarist Russia, 145 altogether. Among other notable political prisoners kept there were Bronislaw Szwarce
Bronislaw Szwarce
Bronislaw Antoni Szwarce was a Polish engineer and political activist. Born in France to Polish immigrants and educated there, he returned to partitions of Poland and joined the radical democratic pro-independence underground.... and Józef Pilsudski
Józef Pilsudski
]]In 1892 Pilsudski returned from exile. In 1893 he joined the Polish Socialist Party and helped organize its Lithuanian branch. Initially he sided with the Socialists' more radical wing, but despite the socialist movement's ostensible internationalism he remained a Polish nationalist.... .
