Ust-Barguzin

Ust-Barguzin (; , Bargajanai Adag) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Barguzinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Baikal at the mouth of the Barguzin River and northeast of Ulan-Ude, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,173.

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Ust-Barguzin
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Усть-Баргузин
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1: Баргажанай Адаг
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1: Buryat
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: UstBarguzinP2450592.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: View of Ust-Barguzin
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: bottom
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Republic of Buryatia
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Barguzinsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Ust-Barguzin Urban-Type Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Urban-type settlement
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of: Ust-Barguzin Urban-Type Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Urban-type settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Barguzinsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur: Ust-Barguzin Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of: Ust-Barguzin Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 7173
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: 1666

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History
Administrative and municipal status
Climate
References
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==History== It was founded in 1666 by a Cossack detachment under Gavril Lovzov.

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