{"id":39507,"date":"2019-11-12T23:55:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T04:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=39507"},"modified":"2019-11-23T23:34:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T04:34:39","slug":"nov-12-19-irkutsk-arshan-russian-siberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=39507","title":{"rendered":"NOV 12, 19 .. IRKUTSK \/ ARSHAN .. RUSSIAN SIBERIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prologue : The reason this post exists here on dot.net is simple : Google<\/span><\/em> has no provision for me to use Google Maps<\/span><\/em> on my Google website.<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n

In the parlance of Information Technology, what I’m doing here is a ‘work around’.<\/p>\n

On my Google website,<\/em>\u00a0bobbacaps.blogspot.com,<\/em> I am going to publish a series of posts on Arshan, a village \/ an area in Russian Siberia that many of you have never heard about. I will refer back to this post from the blogspot post<\/em> so readers on blogspot<\/em> can see the below maps.<\/p>\n

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While Patti and I were together in Irkutsk, Russian Siberia, we took several very pleasant automobile trips with Irkutsk friends Sergey and Elena. One was to a town \/ village \/ area called Arshan.<\/p>\n

Arshan translates extremely well.<\/p>\n

In English it is : A .. R .. SH .. A .. N<\/p>\n

In Russian Cyrillic it is : \u0410 .. \u0420 ..\u00a0 \u0428 ..\u00a0 \u0410 .. \u041d<\/p>\n

VOIL\u00c1 .. \u0410\u0420\u0428\u0410\u041d<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is what I call a very ‘clean’ translation beween Russian \/ English.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u0410\u0420\u0428\u0410\u041d \/ ARSHAN<\/span><\/p>\n

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“STOP RIGHT HERE CAPTAIN!”<\/p>\n

“You know the Russian Cyrillic Alphabet.<\/em> The rest of us DO NOT.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“What can I say?”\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u0410\u0420\u0428\u0410\u041d \/ ARSHAN<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now we will take a look-see on the map.<\/p>\n

Oh My ! Oh My ! .. Russia is one gigantic country. The red balloon points to the Irkutsk \/ Arshan Area.<\/p>\n

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Now we will ‘zero in’ for a little closer look.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0We are talking about a straight-through three and a half (3-1\/2) hour drive of 220 km \/ 137 miles. With me asking to stop so I could to take photos, we took a little over four (4) hours.<\/p>\n

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Technically, as you can see in the above map, it is a bit of a misnomer to lump Irkutsk and Arshan together. For one thing, they are in two entirely separate political subdivisions within the Russian Federation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Irkutsk is located in the Irkutsk Oblast.<\/p>\n

Arsan is located in the Republic of Buryatia.<\/p>\n

The reason I am lumping them together is because they have a shared territorial boundary and many Irkutsk residents visit Arshan on summer weekends. As I mentioned above, friends Sergey and Elena who live in Irkutsk took us to Arshan because they enjoy visiting Arshan.<\/p>\n

The time has come for us to ask that you please click onto the below link which will take you to blogspot and the beginning of a series of posts on Arshan.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/bobbacaps.blogspot.com\/2019\/11\/nov-12-19-irkutsk-arshan-getting-to.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Cap and Patti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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