Museums
Volkonsky House Museum, Irkutsk: Decembrist Mansion and Hours
A restored gray wooden mansion where the exiled Decembrist Prince Sergey Volkonsky lived with his family. Its period interiors, winter garden and…
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Znamensky Monastery, Irkutsk: Siberian Baroque Convent and Graves
A working convent on the Angara river, founded in 1689 and one of the oldest in Siberia. Its Siberian Baroque church, a…
Churches
Holy Cross Church, Irkutsk: Siberian Baroque on Cross Hill
A Siberian Baroque church on a hill opposite the 130th Quarter in Irkutsk, built between 1747 and 1760 for a merchant-navigator. It…
Churches
Church of the Savior, Irkutsk: Oldest Stone Building in the City
The Church of the Savior is the oldest surviving stone building in Irkutsk and the only one left from the first fort.…
Churches
Epiphany Cathedral, Irkutsk: Siberian Baroque Church by the Angara
A colorful Siberian Baroque cathedral in the historic center of Irkutsk, near the Angara river, built in stone in the early 18th…
Churches
Kazan Church, Irkutsk: Red Russo-Byzantine Church and Visiting Tips
A red Russo-Byzantine church in Irkutsk, built by local merchants between 1885 and 1892. It is a working church north of the…
Architecture
130th Quarter, Irkutsk: Wooden Houses, Cafes and Window to Asia
A restored district of wooden houses at the foot of the Krestovaya hill, opened in 2011. It has paved walking streets, the…
Cities
Nizhny Novgorod: Kremlin, Chkalov Stairs and the Volga-Oka Confluence
Nizhny Novgorod stands where the Oka meets the Volga. Visitors come for the red-brick Kremlin, the Chkalov Staircase, the pedestrian Bolshaya Pokrovskaya…
Cities
Volgograd: Mamayev Kurgan, Stalingrad Memorials and the Volga
Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, stretches along the Volga river and is known for the Battle of Stalingrad. Visitors come for Mamayev Kurgan, the…
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Murmansk: Arctic Port, Northern Lights and the Lenin Icebreaker
Murmansk is Russia's Arctic port on Kola Bay and the largest city beyond the Arctic Circle. Visitors come for the Lenin nuclear…
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