Sarma (Wind)

Sarma (Russian: Сарма ) is the name of a north wind on Lake Baikal. He is famous to be the coldest and strongest wind of this region. The Winggeschwindigkeit builds up suddenly and quickly reaches hurricane strength.

History

On October 15, 1901, the heaviest incident occurred. The wind Sarma expressed in the evenings four beheimatenden from fishing base Nischneangarsk ships against the rocks and smashed the vessels completely. 176 crew members of the " Яков ", " Потапов ", " Могилев " and " Шипунов " were killed.