UNESCO sites

Lake Baikal and Red Square

Plan
1. Review the information about Lake
Baikal
2. The information about Red square
3. Criteria of UNESCO by which these
places were included
4. References
 Lake Baikal

•LAKE BAIKAL IS AN ANCIENT, MASSIVE LAKE

IN THE MOUNTAINOUS RUSSIAN REGION OF
SIBERIA.
• THE DEEPEST LAKE IN THE WORLD, IT’S
CIRCLED BY A NETWORK OF HIKING PATHS
CALLED THE GREAT BAIKAL TRAIL.
The value of the UNESCO site

It is the oldest reservoir;

It is the deepest lake;
It is the largest freshwater reservoir;
There is a unique flora and fauna.

The criteria for selection

7. to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of

exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance;

10. to contain the most important and significant natural habitats

for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those
containing threatened species of outstanding universal value
from the point of view of science or conservation. Lake Baikal
Red Square

•Red Square is one of the oldest and

largest squares in Moscow, the capital
of Russia.
•It is regarded as one of the most
famous squares in Europe and the
world.
•It is located in Moscow's historic
centre, in the eastern walls of the
Kremlin.
Why is it a UNESCO site?

1. It is one the oldest and largest squares in Europe

and the world.
2. Red Square is a world famous public plaza in
Moscow in Russia and the site of many important
social, political and military events.
The criteria for selection

2. to exhibit an important interchange of

human values, over a span of time or within a
cultural area of the world, on developments in
architecture or technology, monumental arts,
town-planning or landscape design;

3. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony

to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is
living or which has disappeared;

Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed in Moscow, 1554–60.

References

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Square
2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal
3. https://www.britannica.com/place/Kitay-gorod
4. https://www.britannica.com/place/Lake-Baikal
Thank you!