[ noun ] the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world <noun.object>
Some of the 1 million Soviets who fought during the Red Army's nine-year intervention in Afghanistan are being treated at the Baikal Sanitorium, a 192-acre health resort overlooking Lake Baikal.
Some of the 1 million Soviets who fought during the Red Army's nine-year intervention in Afghanistan are being treated at the Baikal Sanitorium, a 192-acre health resort overlooking Lake Baikal.
Some people believe the tomb is south in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia and others think it is near Lake Baikal in the Soviet Union.
Some nuclear powerstations have been shut (contributing to a shortage of electricity), and Lake Baikal may be saved, due in part to a vigorous campaign by the Russian environment ministry. But more has remained unchanged.
The two envoys sampled nature after hopping aboard a white and blue hydrofoil later today for a 43-mile cruise along the tree-lined Angara River to a fishing lodge near Lake Baikal, which contains one-sixth of the world's fresh water.
She has said her endurance swim across Lake Baikal was intended to promote U.S.-Soviet friendship, peace and sports.
Lake Baikal, shaped like a crescent, is rarely warmer than about 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
I could be lured to the lakes of Armenia, or to mighty Baikal.
The unprecedented crossing drew warm praise from Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who helped clear the way for Ms. Cox' 11-mile swim in August 1988 across Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake.
If the Soviets claimed payment for the ports, for instance, the Latvians planned to claim for having built the Baikal Railroad.
She has been training by staying in Baikal waters for several hours a day, Tass said.