As the oldest - 25 million years old, and the deepest - 1,700 metres/5,100 feet, it contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve! The lake is known as the "Galapagos of Russia".
The following two links will provide more facts about the lake:
For some years, the lake has been threatened. Unchecked, human intervention is again at play. If today's Wall Street Journal article by Richard Boudreaux is accurate: Putin's Move Revives Environmental Controversy (01/2010), the world is a bit skeptical of the positive evaluation provided by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After descending to the depths of the lake in a minisubmarine, he "pronounced the lake ecologically clean." Of course, it was probably in his (the State's) best interest to make such a declaration since the State owns 49% of the paper plant that environmentalists believe is heavily polluting the lake.
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