Discover the best top things to do in Lake Baikal, Russia including Cemetery of Japanese Prisoners of War, Memorable Sign A.V. Vampilov, Landfill Museum, Dorenberg, Baikal Museum, Cathedral of The Epiphany, Znamensky Monastery, Holy Cross Cathedral, Monument to the Founders of Irkutsk, Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
Founded in the mid-17th century as a winter quarters for traders and tax collectors, Irkutsk came to prominence in the 1800s. Participants in the Decembrist revolt against Tsar Nicholas I were exiled to Siberia in droves, turning Irkutsk into their cultural center. Today, it’s one of Siberia’s biggest and most important cities, with over half a million people, many universities, many historic churches and museums, and beautiful Lake Baikal, just about an hour away by train.
Discover the best top things to do in Lake Baikal, Russia including Irkutsk Engineering College of N. P. Trapeznikov, Landfill Museum, Dorenberg, Labor Square, 130 Kvartal, Noosphere Creative Association of Artists, Irkutsk Synagogue, Shigeki Mori Park, Temple of Kasperovskaya Icon of Mother of God, Monument to Admiral Alexander Kolchak.
Discover the best top things to do in Siberian District, Russia including Kamenka Cultural Space, Cultural Space Energiya, Dorenberg, Buddhist Center of the Diamond Way of Karma Kagyu Tradition, Uspenskiy Cultural and Historical Center, Palace of Culture of Railway Workers, SibExpoCenter, Pilot Creative Business Center, House of Culture Zheleznodorozhnik, State Centre of Folk Art.
Founded in the mid-17th century as a winter quarters for traders and tax collectors, Irkutsk came to prominence in the 1800s. Participants in the Decembrist revolt against Tsar Nicholas I were exiled to Siberia in droves, turning Irkutsk into their cultural center. Today, it’s one of Siberia’s biggest and most important cities, with over half a million people, many universities, many historic churches and museums, and beautiful Lake Baikal, just about an hour away by train.
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