Height 728 meters. It received its name in hon­or of Jan Dominik Czer­s­ki: a Pole who was exiled to Siberia after the 1863 upris­ing. While in exile, Cher­sky con­tin­ued his self-edu­­ca­­tion. What fas­ci­nat­ed him most was geol­o­gy, so the man took the oppor­tu­ni­ty to vis­it Irkut­sk and began to study Lake Baikal in earnest. Over time, Cher­sky set­tled in the city and trav­eled with geo­log­i­cal expe­di­tions to all the shores of the leg­endary lake. It was with his hand that a descrip­tion of the geol­o­gy of the shores of Lake Baikal was writ­ten, and a detailed geo­log­i­cal map was com­piled. Cher­sky’s con­tri­bu­tion to the study of Siberia and Baikal was appre­ci­at­ed: many places were named after him, includ­ing sev­er­al moun­tain peaks. They say that the Cher­sky Stone was named after the sci­en­tist not by chance. Accord­ing to leg­end, the man loved to climb to the top and spend hours look­ing at the sur­round­ings, enjoy­ing the local views.