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unusual facts about Shilka River


Daur people

In the 17th century, some or all of the Daurs lived along the Shilka, upper Amur, and on the Zeya River.


Nerchinsk katorga

Nerchinsk katorga (Russian: Нерчинская каторга, Nerchinskaya katorga) was a katorga system of the Russian Empire in the Nerchinsk okrug of Transbaikalia (today's Chita Oblast), between rivers Shilka and Argun, near the border to Mongolia, in the 18th to 20th centuries.


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