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Irkutsk, Russia
Irkutsk (Иркутск) is a city in Russia, one of the most populous cities of Eastern Siberia (606 137 in 2013).
Just opposite the city, the Irkut River, from which the city takes its name, flows into the river Angara.
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Irkutsk. Lower Embankment.
Author: Fanzuga. Source: commons.wikimedia.org
Ensemble of the Epiphany Cathedral (Irkutsk Region, Irkutsk, Nizhnyaya Naberezhnaya street, 2, Sukhe-Bator Street)
Author: Baikalsky. Source: commons.wikimedia.org
Irkutsk. The merchant’s house of Isaiah Matveyevich Fainberg. 1901. Now the building of the Irkutsk Regional Scientific Library named after Molchanov-Siberian.
Author: Fanzuga. Source: commons.wikimedia.org
Irkutsk like other Siberian cities has a subarctic climate. The warmest month of the year is July with an average temperature of 18 ° C while the coldest month is January with an average temperature of -19 ° C.
Irkutsk, Passenger, train, railway, station
Author: Dmitry Afonin. Source: commons.wikimedia.org
The Kazan Church (Irkutsk)
Author: Książę der Estken. Source: commons.wikimedia.org
Fondue in the 17th Century, The city flourishes thanks to the export of gold, mammoth ivory and sable to China.
A fair in Irkutsk, a mid-19th century lithograph.
Photo user: Kaganer. Source: commons.wikimedia.org
Crossing the Angara in Irkutsk 1886.
Painting of the artist Nikolay Dobrovolsky (1837-1900)
Photo user: Ghirlandajo. Source: commons.wikimedia.org
Irkutsk is famous for its strong relationship with Lake Baikal (66 km away).
Lake Baikal in Springtime (Listvyanka; south Irkutsk)
Author: Octagon. Source: commons.wikimedia.org
Lake Baikal
Author: W0zny. Source: /commons.wikimedia.org
Turquoise Ice, Northern Lake Baikal
Author: 2il org. Source: flickr.com (Some rights reserved)
Lake Baikal
Author: andi808. Source: flickr.com (Some rights reserved)
Lake Baikal
Author: bfatphoto. Source: flickr.com (Some rights reserved)
The city of Irkutsk is nicknamed « the Paris of Siberia » because of its architectural and artistic heritage; Such as cathedrals and statues.
Daughter Mother Irkutsk Sculpture
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Irkutsk, Monument and Architecture
Author: EgoshinVladimir. Source: pixabay.com
Monument Kolchak
Alexander Vasilievich Kolchak (born on November 16, 1874 in St. Petersburg and shot on February 7, 1920 in Irkutsk) is a Russian naval officer, oceanographer and hydrographer, elected Supreme Governor of Russia by anti-Bolshevik forces during the civil war Russian.
Author: Kolchak1923. Source: ru.wikipedia.org
Source of information: wikipedia.org
yeees 🙂
Wow Russia Looks beautiful. Love their architecture!
Asian Russia is a special world, I like to visit it, whole
Asian Russia has fascinated me for a while. I’m still more interested in Primorsky Krai but Irkutsk is now second.
Thanks for sharing! Irkutsk is beautiful!
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Meraviglia.
Beautiful photos. I love the Russian architecture.
une petite ville mi – isolée, avec un froid sibérien insupportable…mais beeeelle 🙂
Que c’est beau et j’admire toute cette magnifique architecture et tant de belles couleurs 🙂
C’est un superbe billet.
Yeees my friend , Russia deserves a long journey
I have always wanted to visit Russia. I love the architecture and have been fascinated by its history! Beautiful photographs!
Russian architecture is beautiful and unique. Lovely photos! My new site is at houseofheartweb.wordpress.com.