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Best Things to Do, Irkutsk: Old Town, Museums and Angara Walks
Ten places that show Irkutsk at its best: restored wooden streets, Siberian Baroque churches, Decembrist houses, a museum icebreaker and a working…
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Solnechny, Irkutsk: Reservoir Shore and the Icebreaker Angara
A residential microdistrict on the Irkutsk Reservoir, best known for the old icebreaker Angara moored in its bay. In summer people come…
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Glazkovo, Irkutsk: Left-Bank District with the Railway Station
The left-bank district of Irkutsk across the Angara from the old center. It grew with the railway at the end of the…
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Akademgorodok, Irkutsk: Science Town of the Siberian Academy
The science town of Irkutsk, built from the 1950s and 1960s in the southwest of the city on the left bank. Research…
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Leninsky District, Irkutsk: The Industrial Left Bank, Briefly
A left-bank industrial and residential district of Irkutsk, farthest from the historic center. It is formed by Irkutsk-II, Novo-Lenino and Zhilkino and…
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Sverdlovsky District, Irkutsk: Left Bank, Station and Dam
The most populous district of Irkutsk, on the left bank of the Angara. It has the railway station, the old Glazkovo suburb…
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Oktyabrsky District, Irkutsk: 130th Quarter, Airport and Reservoir
A district of modern residential development in the south of Irkutsk. It contains the restored 130th Quarter, the Solnechny microdistrict with the…
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Pravoberezhny District, Irkutsk: The Old Center and Its Suburbs
The oldest and largest administrative district of Irkutsk. It holds the historic center, the Angara embankments, the business district and old northern…
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Rabocheye, Irkutsk: Old Craftsmen’s Suburb Beyond the Ushakovka
An old craftsmen's and workers' suburb north of the Ushakovka river, with wooden houses, an industrial past and a Buddhist datsan. It…
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Historic City Center, Irkutsk: Churches, Squares and Wooden Houses
The oldest part of Irkutsk, on the right bank of the Angara. It has the city's oldest stone churches, a lively main…
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