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Landmarks

A yellow and white triumphal arch on the Lower Embankment of the Angara, known as the Moscow Gate. It is a reconstruction…

Landmarks

A bronze statue of Emperor Alexander III on a tall granite pedestal beside the Angara, honoring his decision to build the Trans-Siberian…

Landmarks

The green riverside boulevard on the upper embankment of the Angara in Irkutsk, with benches, alleys and monuments to Alexander III and…

Landmarks

A riverside promenade of about 900 meters in the historic center of Irkutsk, with the Moscow Gate, the Epiphany Cathedral and the…

Landmarks

The central square of Irkutsk, on the site of the old Irkutsk Kremlin. It is a green square for walks and city…

Museums

The carved wooden mansion and landscape park of Vladimir Sukachev, a mayor and art patron of Irkutsk. It is a branch of…

Museums

One of the oldest art museums in Siberia, built on the collection of the patron Vladimir Sukachev. It shows Russian, European, Asian…

Museums

The oldest museum in Siberia, founded in 1782, in a two-story Moorish-style building in the center of Irkutsk. It holds collections on…

Museums

A museum on the steamship icebreaker Angara, built in England and put into service on Lake Baikal in 1900. It is moored…

Museums

The wooden house where the exiled Decembrist Prince Sergey Trubetskoy lived with his family. Period rooms and a basement exhibition tell how…