KyakhtaThings to do

Things to do in Kyakhta

  1. Museum

    The delightfully eccentric museum retains its original 1922 hardwood exhibition cases full of pickled foetuses and pinned butterflies. Peruse musty displays of treasures salvaged from Soviet-plundered churches and datsany, bricks of tea, Buryat folk costumes and artwork brought back from trans-Asia expeditions by19th-century Russian gentlemen explorers.

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  2. Sloboda Zakusochnaya

    Sloboda Zakusochnaya, is a run-of-the-mill pozi joint popular with cross-border truck drivers.

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  3. Troika Café

    Troika Café serves reasonably priced Buryat and Chinese fare opposite the museum.

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