Naturalist, traveller, explorer, doctor, researcher of the Baikal lake ... He discovers a new species of fairy shrimp (Branchipus grubii), while his dissertation on Livonian fish from the Cyprinidae ...

The water in Lake Baikal is among the purest in the world. The ecosystem contains hundreds of unique species. The city of Irkutsk in Eastern Siberia is famous for its historic homes, adorned with ...

The lake's wildlife has many more unique features, including about 2,500 species and sub-species ... a translucent oil-rich fish, the Omul fish, Baikal sturgeon and the microscopic Epischura ...