Angara: The Daughter of Baikal 🌊 | Learn Russian with a Story

Have you heard of the deepest lake in the world? This lake is located in the center of Siberia and is called Baikal. And this lake has many rivers flowing into it. But only one river flows, And where it flows, there is a big stone under the water. Why only one river flows? And why is this huge stone there? Today I'll tell you about it. Hello, my name is Sergey, And today I'll tell you a story. This story is called Angara, the daughter of Baikal. Yes, this is Lake Baikal, and this is the Angara River. And here he is, Baikal and his daughter Angara. What, are you ready? Well, first, before I tell you this story, We should understand a little bit of the geography of Russia. As I said, we have Russia, And here is Siberia, yes, this is Siberia, here. And here, in Siberia, we have this Irkutsk region, That's where I'm from. And this story, which I'm going to tell you today, It's based on a Buryat legend. These are people who live in this region, It's a brotherly people with Mongols, that's it. And it turns out, we have Lake Baikal here, yes, Here it is, here Irkutsk, my hometown, here. And we should understand in general, how this story begins, yes. We have Lake Baikal, and this is, as you see, this river, This river is called Angara. And the Angara, it's here, flows from Baikal, And it flows into the Yenisei River, yes, it flows into Yenisei, It flows from the Baikal, and flows into the Yenisei, here. In general, in the Baikal itself there are very, very many large rivers, For example, Selinga, Lena, and Upper Angara, But only one leaks, Angara, why? Well, that's why, today I'm going to tell you this legend, Why, Angara, she's leaking, that's why. And it's important to note, here we have the Irkut river, here. And I mean, she falls, yeah, she falls into Angara, like this. Irkut, it falls into Angara, therefore the city we call Irkutsk, Because it is located where Irkut flows into Angara, And here is the city of Angarsk, located on Angar, here. Well, Irkutsk, my native city. One more thing, Lake Baikal, and we have Alkhon Island, yes, this island, A very beautiful island, I was there once, Although I've been to Baikal many times in my life, But I was only on Alchon once, that's all. Remember, Baikal, Alkhon, Angara, Irkut, and we still have Yenisei, This is the main hero of our history. So, let's get started. He lived in Baikal, yes, this is Baikal, so to speak, How he would look like a man, well, according to the legend, And Baikal, he was a very strong and very powerful rich man, Very old, but strong. Here he just looks like a normal grandfather, But you still don't know how strong he can be, that's for sure. Yes, this is Baikal, and Baikal had a daughter, Yeah, so, we'll keep it simple here, This is Baikal, and he had a daughter, Angara. But at that time, thousands of years ago, She was not a river, yes, at the time, according to legend, Yeah, at the time there were just mountains, yeah, There were mountains, and Angara, she was with Baikal, She was inside Baikal, yeah, well, like she was On his territory, let's say, and here was no river, Yeah, that's all she was here for. And Angara was a very, very beautiful river, Yes, very beautiful girl, beautiful daughter, I think it's better to say, Yeah, and everyone just admired her beauty, Yes, everyone admired her beauty, Everyone said, wow, how beautiful you are, Angara, that, And birds with four wings, One, two, three, four, this bird is called the Peacock, They flew to Angara, that's Angara, yes, But they didn't sit on it because they said, That she is so clean, so beautiful, They didn't even want to sit on it, But they loved her very much, so, Yes, and by day, yes, by day Angara was very bright, Very clear, and when people were swimming in Angara, When people were with Angara, they were happy, Yeah, if you watch this video, and you're burning, And you know this story better than me, Write in the comments, Because I can talk something wrong, However, this story is known by almost all people from our region, Yes, from the people of Baikal, we call it, Baikal people, this is people from Irkutsk region, and from the Republic of Buryatia, So, by day she was very bright, And at night it was very dark, yes, She was darker than the clouds, Yeah, even I would say black, There was a very black river, And you know what else is black? 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This is the Baikal Palace. This palace was under water. under water, And he always kept Angara there, And didn't let her walk far from the lake, And then one day, a chicken came flying, And she told me that she was in the far lands, Steppes, where lies the beautiful and very strong rich man Yenisei, Yes, here he is, what a nice, pumped-up, Here, yes, we remember, Yenisei, here he is, And yes, she told me about Yenisey, She brought a photo for Angara, He says, hey, Angara, look, Yenisey, handsome, Angara saw Yenisey, and fell in love with him, She, my God, what a handsome, So, she wanted to run away to Yenisey, She said to her, "Tell Yenisey I love him". Well, that's a little naive, But the chicken flew back to Yenisei, And she told Yenisey that Angara loves him, Yes, he was in shock, he loved Angara too, I mean, they haven't seen each other yet, But they heard about each other, That's how their relationship starts at a distance, And the tea, it was their, so to speak, mail, The tea carried a message from Yenisei to Angare, Well, yeah, it was such a first long distance relationship, so to speak, But, of course, when I heard about this, He said, "So, what is it, You want to run away from me to this Yenisei? Never! Yes, after that he said, we need to look for a new groom, A new husband for my daughter, But who will live near, not far, And he found a rich husband, Irkut. Yes, remember Irkut? Here he is, here, here, And he wanted to make Angara fall into Irkut, Yeah, so she fell in love with him, that's it, And she, so to speak, was with him, But she didn't love Irkut, She loved, she loved Yenisey, But you just look, how can you not love him, He's very, very kind of a heart. See, there's good, I'm here, and Angara is watching, No, he's very small and ugly, I want to eat! Hey, baby, hey, how are you? Yes, but Angara was very and very sad, Every day she didn't know what to do, She wanted to escape, And Baikal was even more and more like this, How to say, controlling, Yes, he said to his servant, his servant, This is Al-Khan, yes, this is Al-Khan, Remember, Alchon Island, He said to him, Alhon, protect my daughter, That she didn't go anywhere, But, of course, she was very sad, And she was able to the gods, She said, Tengeri, help me, Have mercy on my unwilling soul, Help me escape from my father. And to find the will, My true love, to find And, of course, the gods heard her, Tengeri, Tengeri, these are such gods of the Turkic and Mongolian tribes In the old days, Well, they heard it, And they said to the little river, Yes, to the river, yes, to the little stream, The handcuffs, they said to help This girl, yes, And they started slowly, Slowly here doing, How to say, They started fishing in the river, Yeah, in the mountains, That the river might flow here, Slowly they did it all, They made sure that the hangar could get out of here, And then one day, Alxon, he was listening, How the rivers sing, play, Ah, the rivers are young, Here, he fell asleep, And, of course, Baikal was sleeping at the time, too. They're all asleep. Here, a river, They could break through the rocks, Yes, I did. The hangar is flooded. I'm going to go. She ran to her lover, I'm going to tell you, But when our grandfather Baikal heard about it, He woke up, And at this time Alchon also woke up, He said, I'm sorry, Baikal, I was just saying... I didn't see it. She ran away. That, yes, she ran away, And he was very angry, He's like, you think I'm just a grandfather? And he turned into a huge monster, all animals, All the little rabbits are hiding. All the fish have gone to the bottom, All the birds have flown to the sun, They knew it was going to be a disaster. And there were big waves, And he took a great stone, He broke off the mountain, Here is a big stone. And he left his daughter, But it was already late, Angara, She's already escaped. And she came running, Of course, to whom? But Yenisey has two other wives, There's a woman, And there's another wife, But that's another story. Yeah, it was a joke. And, of course, in the end, As we know from this story, We've got a place to stay. Where Angara flows from Baikal, There's a big stone, And this stone is called the Shaman Stone, People have made sacrifices to this, to this stone, Because they were afraid, If Baikal is evil, He'll flood the whole territory. So they brought different food, Maybe people, I don't know, and yes, And this stone is still there, But before it was better, And then the water rose, When we made the dam, So now it's a little badly visible, But nevertheless, That stone is still there. That's all, my friends. Today, I hope you enjoyed my story. I've wanted to tell this story for a long time. From my native land, And tell me in your own country, There are some stories and tales, Which are not usually very well known, But very interesting, Share this in the comments, And tell me please, How do you think, What this stone symbolizes, What symbolizes the hangar, their relationship with Baikal, Share, I'm very interested. 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