Barguzin Wind
The river also gave its name to a steady, strong wind on Baikal. The air flow rushes onto Baikal from the Barguzin Valley and blows across the lake at its middle, mostly for no longer than a day (starting at sunrise and ending by sunset). Usually it brings sunny weather. In Barguzin Bay it may be of hurricane strength, but its average speed is usually less than 20 m/s. The wind is commemorated in the Russian folk song about a runaway from the Akatuy katorga:
- Славное море - священный Байкал,
- Славный корабль - омулевая бочка.
- Эй, баргузин, пошевеливай вал,
- Молодцу плыть недалечко.
- The sacred Baikal is a glorious sea,
- An omul barrel is a glorious ship.
- Hey, barguzin, roll the wave
- It is not too far to sail for a daring fellow.
- Poetic translation:
- Glorious sea, sacred Baikal,
- Glorious boat, a barrel of cisco.
- Hey, Barguzin make the waves rise and fall!
- This young lad's ready to frisk-o!
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