Hunt for Baikal tsarist gold postponed over bad weather

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Mini-subs due to hunt for missing tsarist gold in East Siberia's Lake Baikal remained on dry land on Friday due to strong winds.

IRKUTSK, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - Mini-subs due to hunt for missing tsarist gold in East Siberia's Lake Baikal remained on dry land on Friday due to strong winds, a local lake preservation fund chief said.

Several sacks of gold taken from the Imperial Russian reserves by Admiral Alexander Kolchak's forces as they fled the Bolsheviks following the Russian Revolution of 1917 are rumored to have disappeared into Baikal's depths in the winter of 1919-1920.

"The dives did not take place due to strong winds of up to 17 meters per second and two-meter-high waves," Roman Afonin said.

Weather permitting, the Mir-1 and Mir-2 mini-subs will now begin their search for the gold in the world's largest freshwater lake on Saturday.

 

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