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.
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.
Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. Population: 2,428,750 (2010 Census).
Discover the best top things to do in Lake Baikal, Russia including Irkutsk Academic Drama Theater, Gallery of V. Bronshteyn, House of Europe, Museum of Medicinal Herbs and Minerals, Baikal Museum, Vladimir Sukachyov's Estate Museum, Znamensky Monastery, Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Nerpinary, 130 Kvartal.
Discover the best top things to do in Lake Baikal, Russia including House of Europe, Irkutsk Engineering College of N. P. Trapeznikov, Manor of Engineer I. I. Nikitin, Wine Basemest s Karaulkov, Russian Watches, House Feinberg, House of Chernigina, Vhodoiyerusalimskiy Temple, Triumphal Arch Moscow Gates, House of Kazarinova.
Discover the best top things to do in Siberian District, Russia including Datsan Rinpoche Bagsha, Church of the Saviour, Triumphal Arch, Tomsk State University, House of Europe, Science Library of Tomsk State University, Aleksandro-Pokrovsky Monastery, St. Nicholas Cossacks Cathedral, Batushkin Mansion (Kolchak's House), House of Ivanitskiy.
The Republic of Buryatia (Russian: Респу́блика Буря́тия, tr. Respublika Buryatiya, IPA: [rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə]; Buryat: Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, [bʊrˈjaːt ʊˈlas]) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic), located in Asia in Siberia. Its capital is the city of Ulan-Ude. Its area is 351,300 square kilometers (135,600 sq mi) with a population of 972,021 (2010 Census).
Discover the best top things to do in Siberian District, Russia including Church of the Saviour, House of Europe, Cross at Mountain Unyuk, Memorial Bratskaya Mogila, House of Merchant Smirnov, Irkutsk Engineering College of N. P. Trapeznikov, House of Karim Bai, Putorana Plateau, Tara gates, Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel.
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Discover the best top things to do in , Russia including House of Peretolchin, House of Europe, House of Trapeznikovy, Maternity Hospital, Bely Dom, Manor of Engineer I. I. Nikitin, Wine Basemest s Karaulkov, Irkutsk Hydropower Dam, Water Tower, House Feinberg.
The Republic of Buryatia (Russian: Респу́блика Буря́тия, tr. Respublika Buryatiya, IPA: [rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə]; Buryat: Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, [bʊrˈjaːt ʊˈlas]) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic), located in Asia in Siberia. Its capital is the city of Ulan-Ude. Its area is 351,300 square kilometers (135,600 sq mi) with a population of 972,021 (2010 Census).
Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. Population: 2,428,750 (2010 Census).
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