Transbaikal

Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia (Russian: Забайка́лье, tr. Zabaykalye; IPA: [zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ]), or Dauria (Даурия, Dauriya) is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal in Russia.

Etymology and history

The alternative name, Dauria, is derived from the ethnonym of the Daur people. It stretches for almost 1,000 km from north to south from the Patomskoye Plateau and North Baikal Plateau to the Russian state border. The Transbaikal region covers more than 1,000 km from west to east from Baikal to the meridian of the confluence of the Shilka and Argun Rivers.

In Imperial Russia, Dauria was itself an oblast with its capital at Nerchinsk, then at Chita and became part of the short lived Far Eastern Republic between 1920 and 1922. It is currently divided into Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai and makes up nearly all of the territory of these two federal subjects.

Fauna and flora

The region has given its name to various animal species including Daurian hedgehog, and the following birds: Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica), Daurian jackdaw, Daurian partridge, Daurian redstart, Daurian starling, Daurian shrike and the red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica). The Mongolian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemionus) is regionally extinct from the region.

Dauria (disambiguation)

Dauria, literally "Land of Daurs", may have the following meanings:

Dauria (airline)

Dauria was a Russian regional airline based in Chita which also carried out aerial work and aircraft maintenance. It went bankrupt in 2010 with debts of over 31 million roubles.

Destinations

Before bankruptcy, Dauria flew to:

Fleet

Six partially dismantled Antonov An-2 aircraft were sold at auction in 2008 with the remaining two Antonov An-24 aircraft sold by the bailiffs in 2010.

The airline had previously operated Antonov An-26 aircraft.

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