On June 19, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov made a tour of the world's largest freshwater lake Baikal. Particularly, he visited the protected island of Olkhon located in Pribaikalsky National Park (Irkutsk region of the Russian Federation).

Then FIDE President visited the island of Ogoy, where a Buddhist shrine was erected in 2005 -- the Great Stupa of Enlightenment.