| Official Name: | Bayangol |
| Native Name: | Баянгол |
| Settlement Type: | Selo |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Buryatia#Russia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Russia |
| Subdivision Name1: | Republic of Buryatia |
| Subdivision Name3: | Zakamensky District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +8:00 |
| Coordinates: | 50.7°N 131°W[1] |
Bayangol (Russian: Баянгол; Buriat: Баян гол, Baian gol) is a village in the Zakamensky District of Buryatia, Russia.[2]
In the area where the village now stands, a coal deposit was discovered in the 1930s. At that time, a mining complex was built in Zakamensky district. For his needs, coal was needed, the discovery of deposits of which had by the time. When its development began, the village of Bayangol was built in the mines for workers who arrived from different parts of the USSR.
During World War II, the plant smelted armor for Soviet tanks. The inhabitants of Bayangol worked in its workshops, among whom were representatives of different nationalities - Russians, Buryats, Tatars, Belarusians, Chuvashs, Ukrainians. In 1941, a German-born population previously living in the Volga region was deported to the village.[3]
The village is located in a mountainous taiga region, 65 km from the city of Zakamensk, 263 km from the railway station Dzhida and 425 km from the city of Ulan-Ude. The river Mylinka flows along the northern outskirts of the village.[4]
Bayangol, along with the uluses Bortoy, Soaps, Tsagan-Morin, is included in the “upper bush” of Zakamensky district.
In the area where Bayangol is located, the climate is sharply continental. Winters are cold, with dry frost and little snow.
Spring is windy, with frost and almost no precipitation. Summer is short, with hot days and cool nights, with heavy rainfall in July and August.
Gender composition:
As of January 1, 2012: men - 692, women - 641 out of 1333 inhabitants.
National composition:
The population is multinational - Buryats, Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Germans and others.
The territory of the village of Bayangol is located in mountain taiga, in the zone of risky agriculture.
The plant world around Bayangol is very rich. Larch, birch, cedar, lingonberry, blueberry, wild strawberry, blackcurrant, blueberry, sour sour, oil mushrooms, lamb, birch bark, saffron mushroom, wild rose, bird cherry tree, etc. grow here.
In the meadows, various types of herbs and flowers grow.
The taiga around the village of Bayangol is full of diverse representatives of the animal world. Roe deer, squirrels, hares, wild boars, Manchurian deer, musk deer, lynxes, sables, marmots, and tarbagans live here.
The world of predators is represented by bears, foxes and wolves.
Of the birds, cranes, kites, eagles, capercaillie, hazel grouse, partridges, etc. live here.