Portrait of elderly Buryat woman smoking pipe.

Rusting hull of ship in shallow water at lake shore.

Fishing boats pulled up on lake shore.

Fishing boats pulled up on lake shore with scattered buildings behind.

Fishing boats moored against stone jetty in lake harbour.

Buryat woman and children outside painted wooden fence of house. The Buryat are of Mongolian descent and are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia.

Khuzir village on lake shore with cow grazing in the foreground.

Wooden fishing boats moored beside wooden jetty.

Buryat children with farmstead and lake behind. The Buryat are of Mongolian descent and are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia.

Buryat shaman tethering post or serge representing the tree of life.

Person sitting on length of cut timber on lake shore.

Buryat house with large stack of firewood at side.