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Irkutsk - Oblast - Russia - Siberia

 

Visit at the museum of the Decembrists.

 

Irkutsk (Russian: Иркутск; IPA: [ɪrˈkutsk]) is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, and one of the largest cities in Siberia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irkutsk

 

 

Visit Church of the Savior, war memorial, Angara river embankment, Cathedral of our Lady of the Sign, Monument to the Emperor Alexander III on the embankment.

 

On Siberian map Irkutsk appeared in the middle of the XVII century. Irkutsk has a great number of monuments of wooden architecture. There are about 500 architectural monuments in the city, among which historically constructed ensembles are depicted. The greatest interest has ancient part of the including Church of the Savior and Znameniye Cathedral.

Farther on the day we continue the city tour with the Decembrist's House Museum. It is connected with the family of Sergey Volkonsky, one of the Decembrists leaders. They lived for 30 years in Siberia, 17 of them they had been living in Irkutsk in this house. Original things of the Volkonsky family and other Decembrists are kept in the museum.

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