Location: Irkutsk
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The 10 Best Historic Sites in Irkutsk, Siberian District
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.
Restaurants in Irkutsk
1. House of Europe
2. Irkutsk Engineering College of N. P. Trapeznikov
3. Manor of Engineer I. I. Nikitin
4. Wine Basemest s Karaulkov
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The first mention of the building basements (located at per. Khasansky, 1 (outdated street name), the current address of Lenin street, 46, in the history of the city Dating back to 1784. "Wine cellars from the guard" - from a copy of the plan of Irkutsk 1784. In the Chapter "state buildings"there are references to five "shops" (at that time so-called warehouses): wine,funeral,provian.
5. Russian Watches
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The first watches in space are represented in our watch-store - an exact replica of Gagarin's watch. Moreover, you can find and buy watches of the Red Army commanders during the Second World War "Komandirskie". In the store "Russian watches" there are watches of such russian factories as "Poljot", "Slava", "Vostok", "Raketa", "Shturmanskie", "Vostok Europe", "NIKA"
6. House Feinberg
7. House of Chernigina
8. Vhodoiyerusalimskiy Temple
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