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| Our first stop was the Wooden Architectural Museum. This is the remains of a Cossack fort and settlement from the early 1700s that have been preserved and restored. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| The church was built later, in the 1800s | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| The homesteads were built by the Cossacks and each house was built like a small fort due to occasional raids by the Buryats and another nearby forest dwelling tribe. The girl is my guide, Natalie. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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