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    Selenginsk (Russian: Селенги́нск; Buryat: Сэлэнгын, Selengyn, Mongolian: Сэлэнгэ, Selenge) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kabansky...
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    and reached Selenginsk near Lake Baikal in October 1687, whence he sent couriers ahead. It was agreed the meeting would be in Selenginsk in 1688. At this...
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    "the valley of the Selenga River from the Mongolian Frontier down to Selenginsk." The "Buriat-Mongol Archaeological Expedition from the Institute for...
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    the mouth of the Nercha and the city of Nerchinsk was founded. In 1665, Selenginsk was founded, followed by Verkhneudinsk the next year. By the end of the...
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    in 1727 soon after the Treaty of Kyakhta was negotiated just north at Selenginsk. It was the starting point of the boundary markers that defined what is...
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  • the Tamchinsky datsan in 1886 Late 1800s photo of Khamba Lama of the Selenginsk Buddhism in Mongolia Buddhism in Russia Buddhism in Buryatia Buddhism...
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    Gusinoozyorsk Selenginsky District 24,582 4 Kyakhta Kyakhtinsky District 20,041 5 Selenginsk Kabansky District 14,546 6 Zakamensk Zakamensky District 11,524 7 Onokhoy...
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    He first traveled to Kazan, then to Tobolsk and Irkutsk, and then to Selenginsk near the Mongolian border. He was pardoned in 1730 due to his technical...
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    called simply Selenginsk, it was one of the most important towns in Siberia before 1800. The modern urban-type settlement of Selenginsk, located 115 kilometers...
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    Moscow in 1702, used the usual Nerchinsk route but returned via Urga and Selenginsk, which took only 70 days. It carried a letter from the Lifanyuan (the...
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