Irkutsk, Russian Federation

Irkutsk, Russian Federation

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Irkutsk Russian Federation

Irkutsk is the capital of the Russian province of Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. With Lake Baikal a mere 70km away, the city is the best base from which to strike out for the western shoreline. The center of the city of Irkutsk is full of wooden houses with typical decorative carvings on the walls and window frames. Most of the buildings of this kind were destroyed in Moscow and other big cities during the industrialization of the 20th century, so it’s a rare opportunity to see what a Russian city would look like if it stayed the way it was back in the days. Irkutsk is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities of Siberia. Ancient buildings remained in the center of the city: merchant Sibiryakov’s house with a monument to Alexander III opposite to it, governor general residence, Trapeznikov’s house and other ancient buildings. Other survived buildings are: Spasskaya church, Bogoyavlensky Cathedral, Krestovozdvizhenskaya church, Polish church, synagogue and Tatar mosque. Irkutsk is a point of interest for tourists with its numerous museums and old architecture. The Taltsy Museum, located on the Angara 47 km South of Irkutsk, is an open-air museum of Siberian traditional architecture. Numerous old wooden buildings from villages in the Angara valley, which have been flooded after the construction of the Bratsk Dam and Ust-Ilimsk Dam, have been transported to the museum and reassembled there.
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